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Making a human connection

March 25, 2019
Feature
As organ-on-a-chip technology advances at pace, the next step is to connect them and understand a new drug’s effects on the entire human body – without having to go to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Applications that make the cut

February 1, 2019
Feature
There’s been a lot of news and hype about CRISPR, but what can it actually do?  Dr Bahri Karacay take us through the hopes and limitations of the technique...  ...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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The necrosome and the killer zombie proteins

January 28, 2019
Feature
As cell biologists gets to grips with the relatively recent discovery of non-apoptotic programmed cell death and the fact that its dysfunction can lead to disease, Dr Emma Petrie takes...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Liquid gold

January 21, 2019
Feature
Seventy years ago, a research paper published in France went almost unnoticed, but its findings led to a £250 billion global market in cancer testing. Dermot Martin brings us up...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A very complex disturbance

January 14, 2019
Feature
Given what we know about how impactful humans have been on the environment, the idea that we actually influence natural selection doesn’t seem controversial. But the truth could well be...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Understanding battleground earth

November 8, 2018
Feature
Falk Hildebrand takes through the first global study of the soil microbiome. This incredible international effort uncovered worrying human impact, antibiotic production and one hell of a microbial battle. You’ll...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The new ice age

October 22, 2018
Feature
Cryo-storage is a multibillion-dollar industry, but surprisingly we are not very good at it. Here, Alice Fayter and Matthew Gibson talk extremophiles, ice and a new generation of biological cold...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The chips are down

October 9, 2018
Feature
Is it really possible to recreate a human on a chip? That is the ultimate aim of organ on a chip technology and we are getting closer. Here we explore...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Seeing the whole picture

September 4, 2018
Feature
What makes one patient different from another one? Answering this question is a fundamental prerequisite for personalised medicine – and a multi-omic approach is the only way to get there...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Climbing Mt Peer Review: No shame in second place

August 16, 2018
Feature
In the final of our three part special on the changing attitudes and approaches of publishers, reviewers and scientists to  scientific publishing, Maiko Kitaoka tells us that nothing less than...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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