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Toxic shock!

June 21, 2018
Feature
When a species other than c.botulinum was found producing its famous toxin – only the second report of a new botulinum toxin to be found in the past 40 years...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Old medicines turning new tricks

June 18, 2018
Feature
Orphan diseases, companion drugs and repurposing – the trials and tribulations of pharmaceuticals are driving the quest for a fresh approach to tackling the tough economic model of drug development...
Chemistry
Chemistry, In Depth, Organic Chemistry
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A real fantastic voyage

June 14, 2018
Feature
When many still think that swarms of medical nanobots in the body are the stuff of science fiction, one group is going further and placing individual nanomotors actually within human...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Turning to extremes

May 21, 2018
Feature
A taste for pollution, extremophilic cooperation, and genetic clustering – a deep dive into the molecular biology of a rather special fungus led one group of researchers to a few...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Time for some probing questions

May 15, 2018
Feature
Biomedical research is heavily dependent on utilising biological and chemical probes to understand the functionality of medically relevant proteins. Yet, when it comes to chemical probes, we aren’t being careful...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Rescuing curiosity

May 11, 2018
Feature
Research in commercial labs and companies is increasingly goal driven – but is there still room for curiosity? And how can we harness a question-based approach as we become ever...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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It’s not easy being green

May 2, 2018
Feature
‘Green chemistry’ – just an empty buzz-word or a vital strategy for the future of chemistry? Christina Valimaki tells us why sustainability in chemistry is vital, not just for industry...
Chemistry
Chemistry, In Depth, Organic Chemistry
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The feel good factor

April 17, 2018
Feature
A painfully direct question from a paralyzed patient set Professor Samantha Butler on a path to understand the neurobiology of touch and how we might rebuild damaged sensory circuits to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The future character of medicine

March 23, 2018
Feature
Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. However, access to the expertise and methodologies required to characterise new nanomaterials is limited. The...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The heavy metal of oncology

March 13, 2018
Feature
Forget a silver bullet – it is the is the osmium rocket we need to think about when devising selective cancer drugs Today, every two minutes someone will be diagnosed...
Chemistry
Chemistry, In Depth, Organic Chemistry
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