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Garden snails offer hope for new antibiotic
"We think that it might be possible to incorporate the purified protein into a cream to treat deep burn wounds...
Antimicrobial properties found in scorpion venom
The study highlights the potential for other healing compounds to be identified in the toxins of scorpions, snakes, snails and...
Chicken study sheds light on childhood eye disease
Scientists at the Roslin Institute studied chicken embryos to determine how fusion occurs. New genes identified that are linked to...
Time to make bees a top priority
It was not until I tuned into BBC Radio 3 yesterday to listen to the Classical Breakfast programme, that I was told...
Parasitic fish could lead to more effective brain disease treatments
Molecules from sea lampreys could be combined with other therapies to deliver drugs directly to the human brain. Researchers assess...
‘Social medification’. A dangerous syndrome
On 15 February, writing in the Financial Times, Laurence Scott observed: ‘At some point in the digital revolution, we stopped having lives...