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The power of partnership takes on HIV

April 28, 2015
Having already made notable contributions to our understanding of how HIV works, Professor Andrew Lever talks about how his team’s most recent research is being driven forward through open collaboration...

The big squeeze

March 3, 2015
The physical properties of proteins, so vital for cellular function, are intimately linked to the cellular environment – a very crowded place indeed. But has this relationship been neglected in...

The wonder stuff – How peptide hydrogels could change the face of biomedicine

January 20, 2015
With a list of characteristics and applications long enough to make most bioengineers take notice, ultrashort peptide hydrogels are fast becoming the toast of biomedicine. Here, a team from Institute...

A new lease of life

January 13, 2015
When a large scientific company decides to leave a manufacturing or R&D plant, what happens to the state-of-the-art facilities which only these big companies can afford?

The all seeing AI

January 6, 2015
Stephen Hawking and other high profile scientists have recently issuing stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by advanced artificial intelligence. But aside from being a source of existential...

A meeting of microscopic strengths

December 24, 2014
Integrated correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) offers the possibility to study the same area on a sample using both fluorescence and electron microscopy. One of the challenges associated with...

Fighting the doping cheats

December 3, 2014
Daniel Leigh explores the evolution of mass spectrometric approaches in sports drug testing At the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February, the biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle tested positive for the stimulant...

How do I smell? Much the same as you see

December 2, 2014
As the International Year of Crystallography approaches its end, Dr David von Stetten explains how unique protein analysis has helped us understand the common mechanisms in our senses Every day...

Stand and deliver – effective antisense delivery

November 25, 2014
Before we can fully take advantage of antisense therapeutics, we first need to effectively deliver the RNAi agent to its target. When it comes to oligonucleotides, says Dr Catherine McKeen,...

Getting a handle on the right gloves

November 18, 2014
Nick Gardner explores hand protection and chemical hazards in molecular biology Molecular biology by its very nature deals with biology at the smallest level. Coupled with this, is its relatively...

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