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Below is a list of recent central Scotland life science related news stories. Click the title to read the full story.  Alternatively you can browse through the news archive using the links at the bottom of the page.

To have your news story included here, send it to Jan Clark, Nexxus Marketing Communications Manager (j.clark@nexxusscotland.com) or Kate Fink, Nexxus Marketing Communications Assistant (k.fink@nexxusscotland.com).    Jan and Kate will also be happy to help you put together a news story for distribution if you do not have the resources in-house to do this.

• 12 March 2010: Alcohol and obesity mix to create deadly liver disease cocktail
  Drinkers who are overweight are much more likely to develop deadly liver disease, according to scientists from the University of Glasgow.
• 12 March 2010: Scientists solve puzzle of chickens that are half male and half female
  A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and female on the other - has been solved by researchers.
• 11 March 2010: What is research? Take the chance to find out
  The Glasgow Clinical Research Facility is having an Open Day tomorrow, Friday, March 12th, to give the public and healthcare professionals an opportunity to find out more about what research actually is.
• 11 March 2010: Unsung science heroine enjoys moment in the limelight
  A laboratory manager who has helped to establish a centre of research excellence for research and encouraged hundreds of young scientists has received a prestigious award.
• 09 March 2010: Two Glasgow researchers awarded fellowships to take expertise to Harvard
  Two researchers within the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre have secured research opportunities at Harvard University in the United States.
• 08 March 2010: Moredun Scientific Secure Licence to Handle Bluetongue Virus in Containment Level 3 facility
  The approval enables the company to provide services to animal health companies involved in the development and manufacture of Bluetongue virus vaccines.
• 08 March 2010: Enlightenment: The Art of Science. Free exhibition launches today
  A free arts exhibition inspired by scientific research being conducted in Scotland launches today (Monday 8 March) at the dovecot studios in Edinburgh.
• 04 March 2010: Glasgow's Worm Hunter makes book award shortlist
  The University of Glasgow's Professor David Crompton's book Afterthoughts Of A Worm Hunter has been shortlisted by the Bookseller magazine for its annual prize for the oddest book title of the year.
• 04 March 2010: ClinTec International and HCG celebrate a successful partnership in delivering Global Patient Recruitment Services at European Drug Conference, DIA.
  Dr Rabinder Buttar, President & CEO of ClinTec International and Frank S. Kilpatrick, President of Healthcare Communications Group (HCG), El Segundo, C A will celebrate their companies' successful collaboration at the upcoming 22nd Annual DIA EuroMeeting.
• 02 March 2010: Professors appointed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  Several professors from the University of Glasgow have been honoured in this year's Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship Presentations.