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(University of Edinburgh) Fresh insights into how our cells multiply could help scientists develop drugs to treat cancer.

(University of Edinburgh) Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics.

(University of Edinburgh) Scots of Pakistani origin are 50 percent more likely to be admitted to hospital with chest pain and angina than those of Indian ethnicity, a study has found.Scots of Indian and Pakistani origin also have much greater levels of hospital admissions for both conditions than people of white Scottish ethnicity.

(University of Edinburgh) Fresh insight into the survival strategy of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could help inform new treatments for the disease.

(University of Edinburgh) A popular cancer drug could be produced cheaply and sustainably using stem cells derived from trees, a study suggests.

(The Company of Biologists) Copper deficiency diseases can be crippling, with symptoms ranging from neurodegeneration to skin pigmentation disorders, but virtually nothing is known about how our bodies use this essential nutrient.

Elizabeth Patton from The University of Edinburgh and colleagues have developed a ground-breaking new screening technique to identify key genes in copper deficiency diseases.

They identified mutations in a major cellular mechanism that could explain why some people are more vulnerable to copper deficiency than others.

(University of Edinburgh) A surprising discovery about the complex make-up of our cells could lead to the development of new types of medicines, a study suggests.

(University of Edinburgh) Fresh discoveries about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of research into treatments for the disease.

(University of Edinburgh) Scientists are a step closer to understanding how abnormalities in brain development might lead to autism and behavioral disorders.

(University of Edinburgh) A drug being tested to treat cancer could also help patients suffering from asthma, research has suggested.Scientists at the University of Edinburgh found that the drug -- R-Roscovitine -- helps to kill certain immune cells which can exacerbate symptoms associated with asthma.