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The dawn of disease

June 13, 2017
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The threat of global pandemics looms large as antibiotic resistance continues to persist. But how did it all begin? Dr Guillaume Fournié thinks the early development of farming could have...
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The great reagent arms race

June 8, 2017
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Keeping pace with the demands of sophisticated instrumentation can be an uphill battle thinks Anthony Lenk as he discusses the origin and evolution of today’s chemical standards
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Art imitating life

June 6, 2017
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Last month’s Focal Point featured a breathtaking image from a project titled Self Reflected. But who was behind this intricate artwork? Laboratory News spoke to one of the creative brains...
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Harnessing cell death

May 19, 2017
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Cell death is an essential process for all multicellular organisms and its malfunction is involved in several diseases, but can we utilise it? Dr Benjamin Bonneau tells us about a...
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Your flexible friend

May 16, 2017
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Keeping up with rapidly improving diagnostic equipment is vital for the modern healthcare provider… but boy, can it be expensive. However, says Chris Wilkinson, capital expenditure is not the only...
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The star that nearly was

May 12, 2017
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What gets smaller as it grows? Astronomer Dr Daniel Bayliss takes us through the latest Kepler telescope observations to get some answers…
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What’s the (anti)matter

May 9, 2017
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Do we need to reconsider general relativity? Have we really grasped fundamental particles? Why is there matter at all? Answers are tantalisingly close as antimatter research boldly goes towards physics’...
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From theory to therapy

May 2, 2017
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It has become the toast of the genomics community – but can CRISPR really translate to the clinic? There are very promising signs says Dermot Martin…
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Nice guys finish first

April 24, 2017
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The status quo of international trade is in tatters following Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. Life science companies on both sides of the Atlantic must now consider the...
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Biological BIG Brother

April 21, 2017
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Cellular therapies have the potential to transform healthcare as we know it. But how best do we scale up this technology? The key, thinks Steve O’Reilly, is to keep an...
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Fake it ‘til you make it…

April 18, 2017
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In the hunt for dark energy, cosmologist Dr Massimo Viola has become embroiled in a tale of deception most foul…all in the name of the truth. Here he tells us...
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Characterise and control

April 13, 2017
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Characterising the structure-function relationship of polymers is vital for improving production of these integral compounds – no easy task. Could a new approach to gel permeation chromatography allow better macromolecule...
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