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March 17, 2020, 15:46

Vaccines without needles – new shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines are distributed worldwide

The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once discovered, the next challenge will be manufacturing and distributing it around the world.

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March 16, 2020, 17:00

Pupils' genes cannot accurately predict educational achievement

Pupils' genetic data do not predict their educational outcomes with sufficient accuracy and shouldn’t be used to design a genetically personalised curriculum or tailor teaching, according to a new University of Bristol study. The findings, which compared the genetic scores of 3,500 pupils with their exam results, are published in the journal eLife.

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March 13, 2020, 13:29

New drug combination could support better cancer treatments

Researchers have identified a promising new drug combination that could significantly help the immune system target cancer cells and kill them.

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March 13, 2020, 13:23

Evolution, sex and TRACERx: how cancer’s ‘spare tyre’ helps it survive

Almost all animals have sex. That’s to say, DNA from sperm and eggs is exchanged to create offspring with a mixture of both parents’ genes.

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March 12, 2020, 13:17

‘Primitive’ Stem Cells Shown to Regenerate Blood Vessels in The Eye

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to revert to a primitive state, and unlocking their potential to replace and repair damage to blood vessels in the retina caused by diabetes.

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March 12, 2020, 13:10

‘We Cannot Stick to the Rules’: claims of stem cells saving COVID-19 patients

I’ve been watching as the number of registered stem cell-related clinical trials for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) disease COVID-19 continues to spiral upward, mostly in China.

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March 11, 2020, 12:58

Biomaterial discovery enables 3D printing of tissue-like vascular structures

An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures.

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March 10, 2020, 14:46

Why men (and other male animals) die younger: it’s all in the Y chromosome

Males of most animal species die earlier than females because their smaller Y chromosome is unable to protect an unhealthy X chromosome, research suggests.

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