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Research Headlines - Genetic research offers hope of improved treatment for...

Research led by the University of Leicester in the UK has raised hopes about possible new treatments for devastating neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease, for which there is...

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Research Headlines - Curious butterflies are genetically different

Understanding mechanisms that are fundamental to changes in life history traits is crucial for our understanding of adaption by natural selection. While research in this field has improved, functional...

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Research Headlines - Scientists solve ricin riddle using new technology

A protein that controls how the deadly plant poison and bioweapon ricin kills has finally been identified by a team of Austrian researchers in a new study. With a combination of stem cell biology and...

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Success Stories - Virtual heart may hold key to better treatment

Jack and his parents live on the east coast of England. Every now and then they come to London, trying to make the most of their day out. But the reason for their regular visits beats inside Jack’s...

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Research Headlines - Piecing together a genetic puzzle

A European team of scientists has discovered how cells accurately inherit information that is not contained in their genes. The research, presented in the journal Developmental Cell, was funded in part...

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Research Headlines - Genes transfer helps stimulate plant evolution

Researchers in France, the United Kingdom and the United States have shed new light on how plants swap genes from plant to plant to help stimulate their evolutionary development. The findings,...

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Research Headlines - Scientists uncover link between genes and bone disease

An international team of researchers has discovered 32 previously unidentified genetic regions linked with osteoporosis and fracture. Presented in the journal Nature Genetics, the study identified that...

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Research Headlines - Scientists identify genes and facial shape connection

Researchers funded in part by the EU have discovered that five genes play a key role in determining human facial shapes. Presented in the journal PLoS Genetics, the genome-wide association study on...

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Research Headlines - Scientists investigate genetics of HIV-1 resistance

Investigating the genetic footprint that drug resistance causes in HIV, researchers in Europe have discovered that compensatory polymorphisms enable resistant viruses to survive. Presented in the...

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Research Headlines - Scientists tackle Huntington's disease by targeting...

Huntington's disease is an inherited, neurodegenerative disorder that usually appears in mid-adult life and leads to uncoordinated body movements and cognitive decline. The disease is due to multiple...

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Research Headlines - EU-GEI - Demystifying schizophrenia

Treating schizophrenia presents huge challenges and those involved see first-hand how this diverse medical condition causes huge suffering and requires complex and costly care, often over a lifetime....

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Research Headlines - Fractures fixed in a fraction of time

Regenerative medicine is a new field in science that focuses on helping you heal faster. It can help a body repair broken bones in a fraction of the time it would normally take. An EU-funded research...

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Research Headlines - Collaborative mouse research will benefit study of human...

Sequencing the mouse and human genomes has provided scientists detailed knowledge of both species' genetic composition, and highlighted their startling similarity.

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Research Headlines - New stem cell-based treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

EU-funded researchers have developed a new potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, based on adult stem cells from body fat, or adipose tissue. The results of initial clinical trials are...

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Research Headlines - Advising researchers on how to balance science and ethics

Although science is often seen as a discipline concerned with hard facts, it can be difficult to separate research from its ethical, social and political setting. Researchers struggling to balance...

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Research Headlines - How fish DNA tests can trace illegal catches.

Several fish stocks are at risk of collapsing almost everywhere around the world and a large part of the problem is down to illegal catches.

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Success Stories - Food on the brain

A gastric bypass without the surgery? Not as far-fetched as one might think. EU-funded research into the way the gut and stomach communicate with the brain has uncovered fresh insights into the...

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Research Headlines - EU-GEI - Demystifying schizophrenia

Treating schizophrenia presents huge challenges and those involved see first-hand how this diverse medical condition causes huge suffering and requires complex and costly care, often over a lifetime....

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Research Headlines - Fractures fixed in a fraction of time

Regenerative medicine is a new field in science that focuses on helping you heal faster. It can help a body repair broken bones in a fraction of the time it would normally take. An EU-funded research...

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