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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...
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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...
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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...
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Not just another brick in the wall

January 12, 2017
Feature
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...
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A complex problem…

January 9, 2017
Feature
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...
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The Three Musketeers

January 5, 2017
Feature
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Understanding Nature’s scalpel

December 15, 2016
Feature
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...
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Feel the heat of antimicrobial resistance

November 23, 2016
Feature
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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Culture clash

November 9, 2016
Feature
With estimates suggesting they can infect anything between 10-85% of cell lines in a microbiology laboratory, Andrea Toell explains how best to protect yourself against mycoplasma
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New treatment to combat antibiotic resistance

November 8, 2016
News
Researchers have discovered antimicrobial peptides that can kill bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics.
Life Sciences
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