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Body fat hardens arteries after middle age
Having too much body fat makes arteries become stiff after middle age, a new study has revealed
16-05-2013
In young people, blood vessels appear to be able to compensate for the effects of obesity. But after middle age, this adaptability is lost, and arteries become progressively stiffer as body fat rises – potentially increasing the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. The researchers ...
Plate reader for drug discovery
08-05-2013
The trend towards automated high content assays, particularly for systems biology and drug discovery, has stimulated the development of automated fluorescence microscopy systems to image sample arrays. Today’s commercially available high content analysis (HCA) instruments predominantly employ ...
A leap forward for red blood cell formation
Researchers have identified 75 genetic regions that influence red blood cell formation
10-12-2012
New research is revealing how red blood cells are made and how the body regulates the amount of haemoglobin that is packaged in red blood cells at any time. Genomic analysis techniques have doubled the number of genetic regions that are likely to be involved in red blood cell formation and ...
Test developed to detect early-stage diseases with naked eye
Prototype ultra sensitive disease sensor developed
31-10-2012
Scientists have developed a prototype ultra-sensitive sensor that would enable doctors to detect the early stages of diseases and viruses with the naked eye, according to research published in Nature Nanotechnology.The team, from Imperial College London, report that their visual sensor ...
'Broken heart syndrome' protects the heart from adrenaline overload
28-06-2012
A condition that temporarily causes heart failure in people who experience severe stress might actually protect the heart from very high levels of adrenaline, according to a new study published in the journal Circulation. The research provides the first physiological explanation for Takotsubo ...
New ways to diagnose skin cancer?
09-03-2012
A biopsy is a painful and scarring but often unavoidable procedure, to decide whether a suspicious looking region on the skin is cancer or a harmless spot. Now, scientists attained promising results of autofluorescence and reflectance measurements of tissue as a noninvasive approach for basal ...
Largest ever study of liver function finds multiple genetic links to liver injury
21-10-2011
Researchers have identified a large number of areas in the human genetic code that are involved in regulating the way in which the liver functions, in a new study of over 61,000 people, published in Nature Genetics.The work is an international collaboration led by Imperial College London and ...
Scientists create computing building blocks from bacteria and DNA
Scientists have successfully demonstrated that they can build some of the basic components for digital devices out of bacteria and DNA
20-10-2011
Scientists have successfully demonstrated that they can build some of the basic components for digital devices out of bacteria and DNA, which could pave the way for a new generation of biological computing devices, in research published in Nature Communications.The researchers, from Imperial ...
Diabetes genes in South Asians discovered by Imperial College
Six new genetic variants will help identify diagnostic markers and drug targets for the 55 million Asian’s affected
12-10-2011
An international team of researchers led by Imperial College London has identified six new genetic variants that could potentially be the causative agents of type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations (Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, and Sri Lankan). The findings published in Nature Genetics, ...
'Smart materials' that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs
22-06-2011
Scientists have developed a new method to make proteins form crystals using 'smart materials' that remember the shape and characteristics of the molecule. The technique, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, should assist research into new medicines by helping ...
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