Biology – Page 47
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Business
Expanding precision medicine beyond cancer
Exclusive interview with Koustubh Ranade, vice president of R&D at MedImmune
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Business
PacBio sues Oxford Nanopore for patent infringement
Firms spar over single-molecule gene sequencing technology
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Podcast
Nepetalactone
The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out
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Opinion
Safety first with gene editing
Why Darpa is creating a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit for genome editors
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Research
Supposed human pheromones fail to pass sniff test
Scientists are still searching for the first human chemical attractant
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Business
J&J to close Scottish medical device plant
Up to 400 positions affected as Ethicon subsidiary leaves Livingston
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Research
Unique proteins give water bears extreme drought tolerance
Glassy proteins allow tardigrades to survive being dried out for more than a decade
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Research
Tiny mite uses hydrogen cyanide to fight predators
Soil-dwelling arachnid leaves bitter taste in mouth of attackers with poison precursor
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Research
Replication proteins send signals along DNA ‘wire’
DNA charge transport enables handover from one enzyme to another
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Podcast
Spermine and spermidine
Kiki Sanford explores how polyamines found in semen could be related to a long and healthy life
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Research
Fluorescent frog first down to new molecule
Blue–green glow of the polka-dot tree frogs may help them to ’chat’ with each other
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Research
Five new artificial yeast chromosomes made
The artificial yeast genome is now around a third complete
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Business
Crispr patent ruling breaks deadlock
Both sides claim victory as board rules patents do not interfere with each other
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Podcast
Arsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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Opinion
Polymer amphiphiles could help reveal the origins of life
Spontaneous shapes and reactions to light may explain how protocells form
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Feature
Deal or no deal?
Clare Sansom highlights recent changes in the landscape of pharma company collaborations and acquisitions
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Research
Spider silk strength is in the loop
Discovery of hidden thread in silk of deadly spider inspires material-toughening strategy
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Feature
Shedding light on the dark proteome
Around half of all human proteins are a mystery. What do they look like, asks Phil Ball
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Podcast
Furry Logic by Martin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher – Book club
This month we discuss the physics of turtles, shrimps and, of course, cats