Press releases
Science press releases 2012
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Why exercise is good is you…
27 Dec 2012 -
Microevolutionary analysis of Clostridium difficile genomes to investigate transmission
21 Dec 2012 -
Newborn baby screening for fragile X syndrome
21 Dec 2012 -
Celiac ‘epidemics’ link to infections early in life
19 Dec 2012 -
Do-It-Yourself viruses: how viruses self assemble
17 Dec 2012 -
Worries about dementia: how hospitalization affects the elderly
17 Dec 2012 -
Wearable technology can monitor rehabilitation
14 Dec 2012 -
Large study identifies risk factors for multiple myeloma
14 Dec 2012 -
13th December Research Round Up
13 Dec 2012 -
What it is to be a queen bee?
10 Dec 2012 -
Second-hand smoke increases risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children
10 Dec 2012 -
Lenalidomide offers an effective alternative treatment for cutaneus lupus erythematosus
07 Dec 2012 -
What happens to plant growth when you remove gravity?
07 Dec 2012 -
How, in the animal world, a daughter avoids mating with her father: Paternal ‘voice’ recognition
30 Nov 2012 -
1st December is World AIDS Day
30 Nov 2012 -
From degeneration to regeneration: advances in skeletal muscle engineering
26 Nov 2012 -
Transposable elements reveal a stem cell specific class of long noncoding RNAs
26 Nov 2012 -
Engineering plants for biofuels
26 Nov 2012 -
Le Rouge et le Noir: where the black dahlia gets its colour
23 Nov 2012 -
Does your job increase your breast cancer risk?
19 Nov 2012 -
Sequencing a mini-pig: the whole story
15 Nov 2012 -
How threat, reward and stress come together to predict problem drinking
14 Nov 2012 -
Metals versus microbes: the biocidal effect of metalloacid-coated surfaces
14 Nov 2012 -
New studies shed light on what it cost to vaccinate girls against HPV in low income countries
13 Nov 2012 -
Did wild birds cause the 2010 deadly West Nile virus outbreak in Greece?
12 Nov 2012 -
Flavour and texture alter how full we expect a food to makes us feel
31 Oct 2012 -
Sizing up biomass from space
31 Oct 2012 -
Smoking causes asthma in second generation offspring
30 Oct 2012 -
How to make stem cells – nuclear reprogramming moves a step forward
29 Oct 2012 -
Gene polymorphisms identified that are responsible for breast density and cancer risk
24 Oct 2012 -
Hanging in there: koalas have low genetic diversity
24 Oct 2012 -
Not all juvenile arthritis is the same
23 Oct 2012 -
Intermediate glucose control may be better than tight glycemic control in neurocritical care patients
22 Oct 2012 -
Rewriting the DNA (hydroxy) methylation textbook
17 Oct 2012 -
Vitamin D supplements may benefit lupus patients
17 Oct 2012 -
Adding up autism risks
15 Oct 2012 -
Learning from past ‘flu epidemics to model outbreaks as they happen
09 Oct 2012 -
The genetics of HIV-1 resistance
03 Oct 2012 -
The genetics of white finger disease
01 Oct 2012 -
Breast cancer recurrence defined by hormone receptor status
01 Oct 2012 -
Big Science: local funding supports open access sequencing of the Puerto Rican Parrot genome
28 Sep 2012 -
Helicopter heroes save lives
28 Sep 2012 -
Honey bees fight back against Varroa
28 Sep 2012 -
Psychology of equine performance and the biology behind laminitis
27 Sep 2012 -
Obesity promotes prostate cancer by altering gene regulation
25 Sep 2012 -
Giving lithium to those who need it
21 Sep 2012 -
Charting the SH2 pool
14 Sep 2012 -
Improving diagnosis of thyroid nodules
07 Sep 2012 -
Lifestyle of a killer
07 Sep 2012 -
Plain packaging reduces the appeal of smoking
04 Sep 2012 -
The eyes have it: men do see things differently to women
04 Sep 2012 -
No more sneezing: allergen-free house plants
31 Aug 2012 -
How gene profiling in emphysema is helping to find a cure
31 Aug 2012 -
Reducing the side effects of treatment for prostate cancer
28 Aug 2012 -
How a virus might make you diabetic later in life
28 Aug 2012 -
Selective imprinting: how the wallaby controls growth of its young
28 Aug 2012 -
Repairing cartilage with fat: problems and potential solutions
24 Aug 2012 -
Saving a penny: stem cell therapy shows promise in repairing stress urinary incontinence
21 Aug 2012 -
The wasp that never cries wolf
20 Aug 2012 -
What’s best for very low birth weight babies
17 Aug 2012 -
The scent of love: decomposition and male sex pheromones
14 Aug 2012 -
The difference between a mole and shrew is in their SOX
09 Aug 2012 -
Blocking the effects of amyloid b in Alzheimer’s disease
31 Jul 2012 -
Dying of cold: hypothermia in trauma victims
31 Jul 2012 -
Lace plants explain programmed cell death
25 Jul 2012 -
Pre-season fitness makes no difference to risk of injury...
23 Jul 2012 -
Beating the fuel prices: using yeast for economic production of bioethanol
18 Jul 2012 -
Open for business: open access journals reaching the same scientific impact as subscription journals
17 Jul 2012 -
Could a larger waistline be a result of too much TV as a child?
16 Jul 2012 -
Childhood trauma linked to adult smoking for girls
13 Jul 2012 -
Not so happy: king penguins stressed by human presence
11 Jul 2012 -
Girls’ mathematics performance more likely to suffer than boys’ as a result of mathematics anxiety
09 Jul 2012 -
Overweight? There’s a vaccine for that
09 Jul 2012 -
Chronic inflammation in the brain leads the way to Alzheimer’s Disease
02 Jul 2012 -
Ants farm root aphid clones in subterranean rooms
02 Jul 2012 -
What you eat can prevent arsenic overload
29 Jun 2012 -
Insights into primate diversity: lessons from the rhesus macaque
29 Jun 2012 -
Patient care by residents is as good as by fully qualified doctors
28 Jun 2012 -
EEG test to identify autism in children
26 Jun 2012 -
Better looking birds have more help at home with their chicks
25 Jun 2012 -
The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass
18 Jun 2012 -
The boys are bad: older male ants single out younger rivals for death squad
15 Jun 2012 -
‘Bad’ dieting increases cardiovascular disease risk
11 Jun 2012 -
Parasitic plants ‘steal’ genes from their hosts
08 Jun 2012 -
Maternal smoking disrupts retinoid pathways in the developing fetal lung
01 Jun 2012 -
Innovative scoliosis treatment: a back brace that can measure how long it is worn for
31 May 2012 -
Blocking LRRK2 activity is not a simple answer to Parkinson’s disease
30 May 2012 -
21st century bloodletting reduces cardiovascular risk
30 May 2012 -
Pathological aging brains contain the same amyloid plaques as Alzheimer’s disease
23 May 2012 -
Blocking DNA: HDAC inhibitor targets triple negative breast cancer
21 May 2012 -
Stabilizing Fanconi anemia with antioxidants
16 May 2012 -
Reducing post-traumatic stress after ICU
14 May 2012 -
Genetic predictor of breast cancer response to chemotherapy
11 May 2012 -
How to get a good night’s sleep: earplugs in the intensive care unit ward off confusion
04 May 2012 -
Orangutans harbor ancient primate Alu
30 Apr 2012 -
Bioluminescent technology for easy tracking of GMO
30 Apr 2012 -
Breastfeeding is associated with a healthy infant gut
30 Apr 2012 -
Purple sea urchin metamorphosis controlled by histamine
27 Apr 2012 -
Novel genetic loci identified for high-frequency hearing loss
27 Apr 2012 -
Discerning males remain faithful
25 Apr 2012 -
Connecting cilia: cellular antennae help cells stick together
25 Apr 2012 -
Malaria resurgence is linked to reduction of malaria control programs
24 Apr 2012 -
Forensic science used to determine who's who in pre-Columbian Peru
23 Apr 2012 -
Cellular 'glue' resists breast cancer
20 Apr 2012 -
Coming clean: online survey shows marijuana is smoked more than admitted in National Surveys
19 Apr 2012 -
Could a newly discovered viral genome change what we thought we knew about virus evolution?
19 Apr 2012 -
Vitamin D influences racial differences in breast cancer risk
05 Apr 2012 -
The acid test: 21st century pH meter
28 Mar 2012 -
Malaria prevention saves children’s lives
28 Mar 2012 -
Use it or lose it: mind games help healthy older people too
27 Mar 2012 -
Scratching the surface of social interaction
26 Mar 2012 -
How music prevents organ rejection
23 Mar 2012 -
Home alone – depression highest for those living alone
23 Mar 2012 -
How the smell of food affects how much you eat
21 Mar 2012 -
Double whammy: RNAi enhances lung cancer therapy
21 Mar 2012 -
The Viking journey of mice and men
19 Mar 2012 -
The Japanese traditional therapy, honokiol, blocks key protein in inflammatory brain damage
19 Mar 2012 -
Reducing drug overdose for ex-prisoners - the view from outside the prison gates
15 Mar 2012 -
Social networking shortcut to finding medical experts
15 Mar 2012 -
Fasudil bypasses genetic cause of spinal birth defect
07 Mar 2012 -
Hypothermia protects the brain against damage during stroke
07 Mar 2012 -
Nano-technology uses virus' coats to fool cancer cells
17 Feb 2012 -
How the 'Quarter' Horse won the rodeo
17 Feb 2012 -
Trojan horse bacteria use nanobodies to conquer sleeping sickness
15 Feb 2012 -
Metastatic breast cancer hitches a free ride from the immune system
10 Feb 2012 -
Pneumonia wonder drug: zinc saves lives
08 Feb 2012 -
How to tell apart the forgetful from those at risk of Alzheimer’s disease
03 Feb 2012 -
Weightlessness weighs heavy on genes – a fly’s perspective
01 Feb 2012 -
Sonicating sperm – the future of male contraception
30 Jan 2012 -
What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?
30 Jan 2012 -
Steroids prevent protein changes seen in the joints of people with rheumatoid arthritis
27 Jan 2012 -
New biodiversity map of the Andes shows species in dire need of protection
27 Jan 2012 -
DIMming cancer growth - STAT: diindolylmethane suppresses ovarian cancer
26 Jan 2012 -
Plant flavonoid luteolin blocks cell signaling pathways in colon cancer cells
23 Jan 2012 -
Advantages of living in the dark: the multiple evolution events of ‘blind’ cavefish
23 Jan 2012 -
PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness
20 Jan 2012 -
Elusive Z-DNA found on nucleosomes
20 Jan 2012 -
Ultra short telomeres linked to osteoarthritis
16 Jan 2012 -
Titanium dioxide film enhances the sun's natural disinfection power
13 Jan 2012 -
Finding the silent killer – a biomarker test for atherosclerosis
13 Jan 2012 -
Smokers "salivate" to cigarettes: the physiological reactions to associated images
11 Jan 2012 -
New educational program helps the siblings of children with cancer
11 Jan 2012 -
Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes
10 Jan 2012
