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Shipping biologicals – the journey of human tissue samples

July 29, 2021
Medical research relies on routine and specialist biological samples which must be handled with great care. Here, Fiona MacKenzie takes us behind the scenes with a clinical services team to...

RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny

December 22, 2020
How does the cell know when to stop transcribing? What is the purpose of noncoding RNAs? Another win for multi-disciplinary research as results from the Whitehead Institute suggest that the...

Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

August 18, 2020
Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply network, creating one of the largest virtual biobanks worldwide accessible to life science innovators.

Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

July 22, 2020
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spikes bind to human cells via the ACE2 receptor...

Honey, I shrunk the cell culture

June 24, 2020
From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on screen. Now chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a real shrink ray...

Knowing a lot about very little

August 19, 2019
The potential of nanomedicine to tackle many diseases is immense, but we really don't know much about how they get into cells and what potential damage – as well as...

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