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Ruling in CRISPR patent battle

February 20, 2017
As a key verdict in the legal battle over exploitation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is handed down disagreement still abounds…

An instrument-free future?

February 16, 2017
Molecular diagnostics requires dedicated equipment and electricity – this can present a barrier to access to those without sufficient resources. But what if we could visually analyse diagnostic tests without...

The prognosis of UK pathology services

February 7, 2017
NHS pathology laboratories are under immense pressure to do more with less or face closure. Yet it is precisely these vital services which will be key to improving healthcare in...

Let’s get real

January 24, 2017
The humble petri dish has been a stalwart of the lab for as long as cells have been cultured – but does 2D cell growth really represent the environment of...

Not just another brick in the wall

January 12, 2017
Far from being an inert capsule, chemical profiling screenings have revealed that the bacterial cell wall is the seat of bacterial defence mechanisms. Understanding them could help us in the...

A complex problem…

January 9, 2017
It has long puzzled scientists why, after 3 billion years of nothing more complex than algae, animals suddenly started to appear on Earth. Here Rosalie Tostevin discusses new evidence which...

The Three Musketeers

January 5, 2017
PARP inhibitors are increasingly becoming seen as a vital tool for use alongside conventional cancer treatments. But what is so special about the trio of PARP1, 2 and 3?As clinical...

Understanding Nature’s scalpel

December 15, 2016
The CRISPR-Cas system is already one of our most important genetic techniques – and it is one honed by evolution not humanity. So why did it evolve, how exactly does...

Antibody crisis: Order from chaos

November 23, 2016
As we slowly come to terms with the damage caused by the antibody validation crisis – there is hope says Dr Anita Bandrowski. But in order to solve the problem...

Feel the heat of antimicrobial resistance

November 23, 2016
Used by Antoine Lavoisier in the 18th Century, calorimetry is one of the oldest methods of chemical analysis. But sometimes the oldies are the best says Dr Magnus Jansson. Here...

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