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Is this the dawn of the groupOME?

April 4, 2017
Feature
Can the genome of the people around us really have a direct influence on our own health? Amelie Baud of the EMBL-EBI thinks so. We caught up with her to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Who’d win a fight between Godzilla and a T. rex?

March 21, 2017
Insight
Following on from How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? Popular science writer Brian Clegg is back with another quiz book. Loaded with new questions, What Colour is The Sun?...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews
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A taste for understanding

March 7, 2017
Feature
As consumers become ever more label savvy, demand for foods with fewer ingredients is growing – but how to achieve this whilst keeping food cheap, convenient, and tasty?
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A right royal success

March 6, 2017
Insight
Following a fellowship award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Alice Hagan set about developing an oncological knock-out punch. Here she talks microbeads, cancer starvation, and the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Less is more for the gatekeeper of oncology

February 21, 2017
Insight
Late last year Dr Tony Ocasio discovered a first generation cancer inhibitor. Here he talks about the science – and the art – of cancer drug discoveryWhy did you decide...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Interviews
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How’s your game?

February 21, 2017
Feature
Reliable, precise and trusted – however, a pipette performs only as well as the operator’s technique allows. As demand accuracy and precision increases, the importance of understanding and developing optimal...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Ruling in CRISPR patent battle

February 20, 2017
Feature
As a key verdict in the legal battle over exploitation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is handed down disagreement still abounds…
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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An instrument-free future?

February 16, 2017
Feature
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The prognosis of UK pathology services

February 7, 2017
Feature
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Let’s get real

January 24, 2017
Feature
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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