Nine new X chromosome genes associated with learning disabilities uncovered
17 April 2009A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning...
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A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning...
At about a billionth of a degree above absolute zero, a machine built by the Cold Atoms Group at the Cavendish Laboratory is one of...
A new method for diagnosing sickle cell disease has been found by researchers from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. This new test would be cheaper and...
Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Aberystwyth University have created a "robot scientist" which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently...
The discovery of an elusive pump component opens up new avenues to understand and combat multidrug-resistant bacteria.
A complex interplay of prenatal and postnatal factors determines the risk of childhood obesity and diabetes during later life.
How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?
New insights into pregnancy are resulting from research on the interaction between mother and fetus at the placental interface.
The largest multidisciplinary research network of its kind in the UK is investigating why gender equality is still a pressing social issue in the 21st...
Cambridge University scientists have shown that screening for prostate cancer using prostate specific antigen (PSA) would lead to a reduction in advanced stage prostate cancer...