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Bowel disease link to blood clots
The two main types of IBD are Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease which affect about one in every 250 people in the UK. The research published today in the…
MDC Researchers Develop New Tool to Investigate Ion Channels – Application of Neurotoxins of Cone Snails and Spiders
Ion channels in the cell membrane enable cells to communicate with their environment and are therefore of vital importance. The MDC researchers have developed…
Blocking cell movement for cancer, MS treatment
Led by Professor of Immunology Shaun McColl, the researchers have identified molecular “receptors” on the surface of cells which are involved in helping cells…
First member of the wheat and barley group of grasses is sequenced
Now, in the 11 February issue of Nature, an international consortium led by the John Innes Centre, the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, the US…
Study finds surprising new branches on arthropod family tree
In a scientific and technological tour de force that was nearly a decade in the making, a team of scientists from Duke University, the University of Maryland…
Researchers find how brain hears the sound of silence
A team of University of Oregon researchers have isolated an independent processing channel of synapses inside the brain's auditory cortex that deals…