Nature News - Archive
Biology and other science news items from Nature News, the popular science syndication arm of the premier international science publisher, the Nature Publishing Group. Nature News is an authoritative and accessible online roundup of what's new in science research.
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October 8, 2015
How elephants avoid cancer
Pachyderms have extra copies of a key tumour-fighting gene.
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October 8, 2015
First ancient African genome reveals vast Eurasian migration
DNA from Ethiopian man pre-dates the movement of Eurasian farmers ‘back to Africa’.
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October 7, 2015
DNA repair sleuths win chemistry Nobel
Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar share 2015 prize.
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October 6, 2015
Gene-editing record smashed in pigs
Researchers modify more than 60 genes in effort to enable organ transplants into humans.
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October 5, 2015
Anti-parasite drugs sweep Nobel prize in medicine 2015
Chinese pharmacologist Youyou Tu developed key antimalarial drug artemisinin.
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September 30, 2015
Human Genome Project: Twenty-five years of big biology
The Human Genome Project, which launched a quarter of a century ago this week, still holds lessons for the consortium-based science it ushered in, say Eric D. Green, James D. Watson and Francis S. Collins.
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September 18, 2015
UK scientists apply for licence to edit genes in human embryos
Team from Francis Crick Institute wants permit to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology in basic research.
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September 17, 2015
Dramatic rise seen in antibiotic use
New report provides the most comprehensive picture yet of antibiotic use and resistance worldwide.
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September 17, 2015
Enthusiasm for personalized cancer drugs runs ahead of the science
Clinical trial finds no benefit in speculative prescriptions of treatments tailored to the genetics of individual tumours.
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September 16, 2015
Nanoparticles disguised as blood-cell fragments slip past body's immune defence
Drug-delivery systems coated in platelets used to repair damaged blood vessels.
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