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Seeing the whole picture

September 4, 2018
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What makes one patient different from another one? Answering this question is a fundamental prerequisite for personalised medicine – and a multi-omic approach is the only way to get there...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Climbing Mt Peer Review: No shame in second place

August 16, 2018
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In the final of our three part special on the changing attitudes and approaches of publishers, reviewers and scientists to  scientific publishing, Maiko Kitaoka tells us that nothing less than...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Climbing Mt Peer Review: May AI help you with that?

August 9, 2018
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In the second of our three part special on the changing attitudes and approaches of publishers, reviewers and scientists to  scientific publishing we learn how Medial charity LifeArc and science...
Uncategorised
In Depth
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Climbing Mt Peer Review: time to go clubbing?

July 30, 2018
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In the first of our three-part series on the changing attitudes and approaches of publishers, reviewers and scientists toward scientific publishing we look at online preprints and journal clubs Assessing...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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There won’t be blood

July 25, 2018
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The welfare of laboratory animals is always foremost in the mind of in-vivo researchers – and it turns out this is incredibly important when it comes to animal experimentation being...
Uncategorised
In Depth
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Doing the sequence data dance

July 20, 2018
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Next-generation sequencing has ushered in a revolution of powerful genomic insights. So powerful in fact – the sheer amount of data produced has become a challenge. Here, Nicole Rose gives...
Uncategorised
In Depth
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Chewing the fat

July 16, 2018
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Having already reached epidemic levels, the search for pharmaceutical approaches to tackle obesity has been tough – could clues lay in brown fat? Shahzad Ali takes up the case…Indeed, the...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, In Depth
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See the big picture

June 25, 2018
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The phenotype is making a strong comeback when it comes to screening cancer drugs for efficacy and toxicology – and this could be the key to a personalised approach. The...
Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, In Depth
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Toxic shock!

June 21, 2018
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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
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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
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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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Hey big spender…

June 11, 2018
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Given the clear link between climate change and violent human conflict isn’t it obvious we should spend less on military funding and more on environmental science? Well, certainly says Dr...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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