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Can we afford to cure the incurable?

January 14, 2020
Putting us on the very cusp of a medical revolution – gene therapy could cure the incurable. But as demand grows for these marvellous medicines, have we enough capacity to...

Molecular clues to long-term memory storage

January 14, 2020
A new study could shed light on the molecular changes behind the memory storage process – specifically in a type of hardwired long-term memory.

NHS must research more for patient safety

January 8, 2020
A New report from The Academy of Medical Sciences suggests that patient care is in jeopardy because NHS staff don’t have time for research.

How to make Christmas cake with ingredients from lab supply companies

December 23, 2019
So, it is the festive period once again and you are trapped in the lab – but fear not, Dr Matthew Partridge has a rather incredible lab-based Christmas plan for...

Game Theory: Phylo

December 20, 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner take us through Phylo to find out if it is any good...

Time to be selective

December 15, 2019
As the AMR crisis looms large, we would do well to look beyond classic drug targets says Dr Thomas Böttcher. Concentrating on bacterial signalling molecules could hold the keys, not...

The hidden power of mathematics

December 12, 2019
As she gets set to tread the boards for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Dr Hannah Fry talks romantic maths, AI and Rubik's cubes…

New crop antibiotics – without damaging the environment

December 9, 2019
UK scientists think they have a new way to protect crops from a widespread and devastating bacterial disease, without using environmentally damaging chemical sprays.

Bioimaging collaboration takes on viral disease

December 9, 2019
A new institute collaboration will allow scientists to study viral diseases in greater detail.

Quantum physics AI speeds up drug discovery

December 9, 2019
An international collaboration has seen a team using Artificial Intelligence normally used to predict molecular wave functions and the electronic properties of molecules to speed-up the design of drug molecules...

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