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• Wellcome Trust and MRC invest in UK Stem Cell Institute

  Two of the UK’s largest funders of medical research are to invest £8 million in a new world-leading centre for stem cell biology and medicine. The Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute will advance our understanding of stem cells and their potential to treat a range of life-threatening [...]

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• Chromosomal translocations point the way toward personalized cancer care

  When a broken chromosome attaches to another, or when chromosomes use a similar process to exchange genetic material, you have a translocation – genes end up fused to other genes, encoding a new protein they shouldn’t. A recent University of Colorado Cancer Center review, Mechanisms and impacts of chromosomal translocations [...]

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• Bacteria-resistant materials discovered

  Using state-of-the-art technology scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a new class of polymers that are resistant to bacterial attachment and prevent them from forming biofilms. These new materials could lead to a significant reduction in hospital infections and medical device failures.

  The research was led by Professor Morgan Alexander, and Professor [...]

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• First artificial functioning blood vessel grown outside of the body

  Researchers at King’s College London have developed the first artificial functioning blood vessel outside of the body, made from reprogrammed stem cells from human skin. The team also saw the cells develop into a blood vessel inside the body for the first time. Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into endothelial [...]

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• Could you involve participants in the hypothesis-generation part of the scientific process?

  “Crowdsourcing” is basically what it sounds like: posing a question or asking for help from a large group of people. Coined as a term in 2006, crowdsourcing has taken off in the internet era. Crowdsourcing has allowed many problems to be solved that would be impossible for experts alone. Astronomers [...]

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• Scientists can now block heroin, morphine addiction

  In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief.

  The team from the University of Adelaide and University of Colorado has discovered the key mechanism in the body’s immune system that amplifies [...]

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• Treatment of wastewater could be a huge energy producer

  Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which waste treatment plants not only will power themselves, but will sell excess electricity. Improved performance of CEA microbial fuel [...]

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• Scientists decode TREX which could see new treatments for cancer realized

  Researchers at the University of Sheffield, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, collaborating with scientists from Harvard Medical School, have revealed how a complicated set of proteins called TREX act as a passport for the transfer of cell blueprints which create proteins that are essential for life.

  The researchers believe their [...]

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• Protein that helps tumor blood vessels mature could make cancer drugs more effective

  To survive, tumors need blood supply to provide them with nutrients and oxygen. To get that supply, cancer cells stimulate new blood vessel growth—a process called tumor angiogenesis. Many attempts have been made to inhibit this process as a means to choke off tumors. But tumor angiogenesis can be sloppy, [...]

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• Whole genome prenatal testing: more harm than good?

  With whole genome sequencing quickly becoming more affordable and accessible, we need to pay more attention to the massive amount of information it will deliver to parents – and the fact that we don’t yet understand what most of it means, concludes an article in the Hastings Center Report. [...]

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