Press releases
Science press releases 2013
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Critical gaps discovered in breast cancer research
01 Oct 2013 -
A PINT a day keeps cancer at bay
26 Sep 2013 -
Better design leads to better bonding
23 Sep 2013 -
Get touchy feely with plants
13 Sep 2013 -
The koala: Living life on the edge
12 Sep 2013 -
Improving the lives of allergy sufferers
11 Sep 2013 -
A targeted approach to asbestos-related cancer
11 Sep 2013 -
The African fish that lives fast and dies young
04 Sep 2013 -
Great ideas come from everywhere: improving global health through reverse innovation
30 Aug 2013 -
Childhood arthritis: what remission really looks like
30 Aug 2013 -
A wine a day...
30 Aug 2013 -
Biological insights sheared from sheep parasite genome
27 Aug 2013 -
Scan then surgery: the best route to trauma management?
27 Aug 2013 -
How to survive the iciest of waters
27 Aug 2013 -
Go on, volunteer – it could be good for you!
23 Aug 2013 -
Leukaemia drug could help treat breast cancer
23 Aug 2013 -
Species diversification in biodiversity hotspots
19 Aug 2013 -
A new outlet for an old drug?
15 Aug 2013 -
Girls with anorexia have elevated autistic traits
06 Aug 2013 -
Sex differences in kidney gene expression
31 Jul 2013 -
Fresh fuel reignites Asperger’s debate
31 Jul 2013 -
Number one source for new gnashers
30 Jul 2013 -
New guidelines for exercise in children
30 Jul 2013 -
A possible blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?
29 Jul 2013 -
Kids sleep patterns affected by electronic media time and media presence in the bedroom
26 Jul 2013 -
Genome assembly in the spotlightBiggest ever contest puts genome assemblers through their paces
22 Jul 2013 -
No place to hide: evolutionary forensics
19 Jul 2013 -
Parasites change bees brains – but not their behavior
17 Jul 2013 -
Big crab claws for bling or bang?
16 Jul 2013 -
Nuts for health
16 Jul 2013 -
Dingoes remain top predator despite control measures
10 Jul 2013 -
Deep sea isolation: hypersaline islands harbour unique life
08 Jul 2013 -
Seeing cilia: lighting the dark
03 Jul 2013 -
Night shift worker’s clock genes can affect risk of breast cancer
03 Jul 2013 -
Treating TB: what needs to be done to improve treatment rates
02 Jul 2013 -
Supersense: it’s a snap for crocs
02 Jul 2013 -
The ‘gold’ standard: a rapid, cheap method of detecting dengue virus
28 Jun 2013 -
Whole genome or exome sequencing: an individual insight
27 Jun 2013 -
Cutlery: do size, weight, shape and color matter?
26 Jun 2013 -
'Roll-your-own' cigarette smokers less confident about their ability to quit
24 Jun 2013 -
Emergency helicopter airlifts help the seriously injured
21 Jun 2013 -
A pilot hazard assessment of carbon nanomaterials
17 Jun 2013 -
Sequencing Snowflake the gorilla, sequencing seed banks, and comparing sequence mapping
13 Jun 2013 -
MRI detects early effects of chemotherapy on children's hearts
10 Jun 2013 -
The protein profile of restless leg syndrome
07 Jun 2013 -
Very berry study aims to improve wine quality
07 Jun 2013 -
Genome hints at markers for higher-producing, better-tasting chocolate
03 Jun 2013 -
Getting better without antibiotics
31 May 2013 -
Is enough being done to make drinking water safe?
31 May 2013 -
Spine function improves following cell replacement therapy with foetal human stem cells
28 May 2013 -
What the smallest infectious agents reveal about evolution
23 May 2013 -
Archaeological genetics: it’s not all as old as it at first seems
20 May 2013 -
Lovelorn frogs bag closest crooner
20 May 2013 -
Women’s immune systems remain younger for longer
15 May 2013 -
Improving memory in Alzheimer’s Disease mice
14 May 2013 -
Invasion of the slugs – halted by worms...
13 May 2013 -
Mosquito survey identifies reservoir of disease
10 May 2013 -
Plants ‘talk’ to plants to help them grow
07 May 2013 -
Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection
07 May 2013 -
The risks of H7N9 infection mapped
03 May 2013 -
Investigating devastating childhood diseases just got easier
02 May 2013 -
How does pregnancy reduce breast cancer risk?
29 Apr 2013 -
Clarifying the effect of stem cell therapy on cancer
29 Apr 2013 -
Remembering the race for the secret of life
25 Apr 2013 -
Using microbubbles to improve cancer therapy
25 Apr 2013 -
Microwave imaging can see how well treatment is progressing
24 Apr 2013 -
Even a few cigarettes a day increases risk of rheumatoid arthritis
22 Apr 2013 -
Reducing the pain of movement in intensive care
18 Apr 2013 -
Testing the water – urine test identifies babies at most risk of necrotizing enterocolitis
16 Apr 2013 -
Gene signature can predict who will survive chemotherapy
16 Apr 2013 -
The tulip tree reveals mitochondrial genome of ancestral flowering plant
15 Apr 2013 -
Are four antenatal visits enough?
12 Apr 2013 -
International spread of HIV, sleep apnea and gout, and dinosaur diets
05 Apr 2013 -
Counting copy numbers characterises prostate cancer
05 Apr 2013 -
Satellite tagging maps the secret migration of white sharks
04 Apr 2013 -
Body Mass Index (BMI) and coronary heart disease
02 Apr 2013 -
Eating disorders, muscle dysmorphia, and self perceived masculinity
28 Mar 2013 -
Getting under the shell of the turtle genome
28 Mar 2013 -
Pining for a beetle genome
27 Mar 2013 -
Sequencing without PCR reduces bias in measuring biodiversity
27 Mar 2013 -
Carmustine decreases amyloid β plaques
26 Mar 2013 -
Nature versus nurture – better looking birds have healthier babies
25 Mar 2013 -
Losing wetlands to grow crops
25 Mar 2013 -
Picture This: BMC Ecology image competition winners announced
22 Mar 2013 -
Alcohol, fibromyalgia, and quality of life
15 Mar 2013 -
Balancing act: direct and indirect costs of managing musculoskeletal disorders
15 Mar 2013 -
Shock treatment can kill - clinical trial shows how ‘standard’ procedure results in children’s deaths
14 Mar 2013 -
Processed meat linked to premature death
07 Mar 2013 -
A better way of estimating blood loss
06 Mar 2013 -
Boys are right-handed, girls are left...
06 Mar 2013 -
A flick of the tongue and the chemistry of predator-prey interactions
01 Mar 2013 -
Problems with identifying meat? The answer is to check the barcode
01 Mar 2013 -
What is the cost of rare diseases such as Friedreich's Ataxia?
28 Feb 2013 -
What is the cost of rare diseases such as Friedreich's Ataxia?
28 Feb 2013 -
How much protection is enough?
28 Feb 2013 -
Biting back - snake venom contains toxic clotting factors
27 Feb 2013 -
Face values: ability to recognise emotions in others impaired by AIDS
27 Feb 2013 -
Cell scaffolding protein fascin-1 is hijacked by cancer
26 Feb 2013 -
Wasp transcriptome creates a buzz
26 Feb 2013 -
Conserving corals by understanding their genes
22 Feb 2013 -
‘Stressed’ bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
22 Feb 2013 -
“I’m not just fat, I’m old!”
21 Feb 2013 -
Adding movement to ‘dry run’ mental imagery enhances performance
20 Feb 2013 -
Genetic variation controls predation: benefits of being a mosaic
20 Feb 2013 -
Newt transcriptome offers insight into tissue regeneration
20 Feb 2013 -
Caffeine linked to low birth weight babies
19 Feb 2013 -
Birds evolved ultraviolet vision several times
11 Feb 2013 -
Paternal obesity impacts child’s chances of cancer
06 Feb 2013 -
Mutations in ASXL3 cause problems similar to Bohring-Opitz syndrome
05 Feb 2013 -
Planting trees may not reverse climate change but it will help locally
01 Feb 2013 -
Measuring the consequence of forest fires on public health
28 Jan 2013 -
Stem cells aid recovery from stroke
28 Jan 2013 -
Organizing human specimen collections: getting the best out of biobanks
25 Jan 2013 -
Oxygen-free energy designed to fuel brain development spurs on growth of cancer
23 Jan 2013 -
Eczema in infants linked to gut bacteria
23 Jan 2013 -
Perfectionism and eating disorders: a complex issue
22 Jan 2013 -
Stopping smoking reduces risk of bacterial pneumonia in people with HIV
22 Jan 2013 -
How the brain copes with multi-tasking alters with age
18 Jan 2013 -
It’s a dog’s life: doggy database aims to define pet health
18 Jan 2013 -
Tracing the impact of Amyloid β in mild cognitive impairment
16 Jan 2013 -
What did our ancestors look like?
14 Jan 2013 -
RePOOPulating the gut
09 Jan 2013 -
Cheating slime mould gets the upper hand
09 Jan 2013 -
Songbird sings in 3D
08 Jan 2013 -
Targeting hepatitis C treatment: the importance of interleukin (IL)-28
08 Jan 2013 -
Counting the cost of mercury pollution
07 Jan 2013 -
Can diet beat depression?
03 Jan 2013
