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<title>NEWS - EMBL exploring previously underestimated properties of bacteria in human gut</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL are investigating the microbial genes in the human gut the presence of which at 33 million are now being shown to outnumber previous estimates ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - UK researchers introduce nonflying mosquito in bid to stop dengue fever</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of researchers from the UK and US have engineered a new species of female mosquito that are unable to fly in the hope of halting the spread of dengue fever virus The virus which causes influenzalike symptoms is rampant in over a hundred regions of the world  including Australia Asia and South America
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - European fertility research leading the way as Danish woman becomes first in world to deliver two children using transplanted ovaries</title>
<description><![CDATA[A woman from Denmark has become the worlds first to deliver two healthy children in separate pregnancies after receiving an ovarian transplant The event marks a significant point in the development of fertility treatment particularly for European researchers]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Antibiotics in animal feed to be replaced by natural alternatives</title>
<description><![CDATA[A European research project has developed a natural alternative to using antibiotics in animal feed The method uses clay minerals and algae molecules to combat fungal growth]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - European researchers identify gene defect that increases risk of obesity by fifty times </title>
<description><![CDATA[A defect on a chromosome could explain why some people are more likely to become overweight Alarmingly the study outlines that carriers of the defect are fifty time more likely to become overweight than someone without the defect]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - How the colon protects itself with a mucus layer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Gunnar C Hansson and his team have discovered an inner mucus layer in the colon that acts as a protective shield against all the commensal bacteria a discovery that has implications for colon inflammation as in the disease ulcerative colitis]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - European Network for Neuroscience</title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Harry Steinbusch director from Euron the European Graduate School of Neuroscience and coordinator Dr Nicole Senden are proud of the European research network that has gone from strength to strength for early stage scientists in the field of neuroscience]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Realising alternatives to animal testing the power of genomics</title>
<description><![CDATA[Current tests to identify potentially allergycausing substances rely on the use of animals Close collaboration between scientific disciplines is required to develop effective alternatives says Dr Helma Hermans of the Sensitiv project who reports on the potential of genomics research to help develop effective tests]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Implications from clock genes in Antarctic krill</title>
<description><![CDATA[A common feature of the animal kingdom the circadian clock plays a central role in regulating the rhythm of everyday life Research into its function in Antarctic krill in particular the environmental and genetic influences holds wide implications as Dr Geraint Tarling and Dr Ezio Rosato explain]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - New hope for cancer therapy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Myc family of oncogenic transcription factors plays a central role in cell growth and proliferation making them a promising target for cancer therapy Research into the function and regulation of the Myc network holds potential says Professor LarsGunnar Larsson of the Karolinska Institute]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Virtual humans health monitoring bed sheets and Japanese supercomputers Welcome to eHealth in Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ilias Iakovidis is the Deputy Head of ICT for Health Unit for the European Commission and has his finger on the pulse of Europes eHealth plans and projects which are astounding in terms of scope and innovation Richard Forsyth interviews him on the latest developments for European healthcare]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Ticking all the right boxes facilitating EU health</title>
<description><![CDATA[Currently data exchange between GPs and hospitals is rare But research in speechbased structured reporting technology is progressing fast Therefore the age of health records exchange even among EU Member States is dawning says Marcel Wassink Vice President at Nuance Healthcare]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - University Spotlight  Lund Sweden </title>
<description><![CDATA[With a new Vice Chancellor innovation is put in the forefront at Lund University in southern Sweden Ingela Bjrck science writer at the university Press Office reports]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - A big development for small technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new device said to be revolutionary is being developed in the UK using nanoscale ultrasound This can be used to screen human cells for disease and for commercial applications such as for the inspection of material integrity in industries like aeronautics We spoke to Matt Clark at The University of Nottingham on this groundbreaking new research]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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