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Multiple links between stress and breast cancer progression
Scientists have previously demonstrated that stress can exacerbate cancer’s progression, but it wasn't clear how. Now it appears we finally have some answers. [ + ]
Winemaking under the electron microscope
Electron micrographs provide a highly detailed view of structures relating to winemaking, revealing features that are largely invisible to winemakers and wine lovers alike. [ + ]
Pharmaceutical manufacturing and obsolescence management
For many pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, often very old equipment or technology is still being used. [ + ]
Physicists reverse time with a quantum computer
Russian physicists have found a way to wind back the clock, returning the state of a quantum computer a fraction of a second into the past. [ + ]
New drug developed to treat heart attack damage
UK researchers are working to develop drugs that could be given in the first few hours following a heart attack to minimise heart muscle death caused by the stress signals. [ + ]
Diabetes detection with a smartphone camera
A popular smartphone application, designed to measure heart rate using the phone's built-in camera, may help detect diabetes. [ + ]
The science of sleep
Two separate studies published in recent weeks have revealed how sleep strengthens the immune system and cleans the brain — so long as you get enough of it. [ + ]
Lab-on-a-chip detects ovarian cancer with a liquid biopsy
Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive diagnostic device that could allow doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma. [ + ]
HIV remission achieved in second ever patient
The second recorded case of a patient experiencing remission from HIV-1 infection after stem cell transplantation has been reported by UK scientists. [ + ]
Antibiotic resistance: adaptation, transmission and prevention
Recent studies into antibiotic resistance have revealed how this phenomenon occurs in the first place, how it spreads between bacteria and how to stop it in its tracks. [ + ]
Keep your HCA under control
An important but commonly overlooked aspect of image-based assay design for high content analysis (HCA) is the use of appropriate controls. [ + ]
Nanoparticles switch phases in flight
Researchers have discovered a phenomenon known as inorganic isomerisation, in which inorganic materials are able to switch between discrete states almost instantaneously. [ + ]
Anti-ageing research under the spotlight
Two separate studies have been investigating ways to suppress signs of ageing, which could eventually lead to extended lifespans in humans. [ + ]
'Placenta-on-a-chip' models caffeine transport from mother to foetus
US engineers have used microfluidic technology to model how compounds can be passed from a mother to a foetus. [ + ]
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer
Metabolomics, a study of small molecules — or metabolites — within organisms, cells and tissues, is an important and rapidly growing branch of 'omics'. [ + ]
