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Beyond the code

July 22, 2019
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Genomics has been revolutionary – but have we forgotten cell biology in the push for an ever more reductive understanding of health and disease? Professor John S Torday thinks the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Haematology, Health, In Depth, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology
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A real growing concern

July 5, 2019
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Injuries to the spinal cord have always been associated with little or no hope of regaining lost functions once the trauma has occurred. But, says Dr Jerry Silver, there are...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Making CAR-T affordable and accessible

June 27, 2019
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To fulfil the live saving potential offered by CAR-T therapies to blood cancer patients, the next step is to ensure the technology is not restricted to a small subset of...
Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Immunology, In Depth
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The master manipulator

June 23, 2019
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Disrupting cellular communications, altering blood vessels and hijacking the immune system – metastasis is one of the biggest challenges when tackling cancer. Could an understanding of how cancer cells manipulate...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Immunology, In Depth
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Terraforming Mars: A giant leap too far?

June 17, 2019
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SpaceX plans to send humans to Mars by 2024 and establish a Martian city by 2050 but how plausible is this? Here's why it's going to take a little more...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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Titrating talent

June 11, 2019
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More chemistry graduates leave science than stay in it… what can we do about that? Stuart Brown thinks that increased collaboration between industry and academia is key in developing and...
Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, In Depth, Policy
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A sub-atomic solution

June 7, 2019
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Neurodegenerative diseases are becoming a major focus for an ageing population. Here we learn how neutrons are helping us understand the misfolded proteins thought to underlie many of these conditions.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, In Depth
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Alternative periodic tables

June 4, 2019
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In celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table, we decided to tip our hat to some of the more unusual, obscure and overlooked periodic designs.
Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, In Depth
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Blooming marvellous

May 31, 2019
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Aquaculture, cosmetics and even a unique superfood… microalgae are proving to be a rising star for synthetic biologists. Andrew Spicer takes us through the benefits of their biochemical and metabolic...
Life Sciences
Biology, In Depth, Microbiology
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Living the single life

May 27, 2019
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Scientists are increasingly taking advantage of microfluidic technology for single cell applications to understand individual cells and their role in health and immunity. Here we look at latest advances in...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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The secret microbiome

May 21, 2019
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Auto-immune disease, obesity and even cancer… the microbiome is clearly involved in much of human health. No surprise really, we are as much microbe as we are human. What is...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Putting your finger on it

May 14, 2019
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Nanoparticles could well be the future of fingermark detection. Not only do they promise sensitivity and selectivity, says Dr Sébastien Moret but they have also furthered our understanding of the...
Chemistry, Materials
Forensics, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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