All Life articles – Page 58
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Article
Biosensors, wearables and virtual biotech
In a world that is racing ahead with new technologies, has the drug development process distanced itself from the patients it ultimately provides for?
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Article
Harnessing electronic display technology in bioimaging
Less toxic than quantum dots, can conjugated polymer nanoparticles revolutionise bioimaging?
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Article
Why biocatalysis is so on trend
Biocatalysis has come a long way from just beer – there’s an enzyme for nearly everything
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Article
The ever-increasing attraction of biologics
Biologics promise targeted treatments for a range of conditions – if we can overcome the technological challenges
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Article
Pharma and academia: a recipe for success
More big pharmaceutical companies are collaborating with universities
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Feature
The chemistry of the microbiome
Our gut bacteria are carrying out chemistry on our behalf, but without us knowing much about it. Now, scientists are starting to examine their enzymes
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Podcast
The Element in the Room by Steve Mould and Helen Arney – Book club
Helen Arney and Steve Mould take us on a DIY journey through science
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News
Nerve agent was behind attack on former Russian spy
UK authorities know which agent was used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter but are keeping this secret as inquiries continue
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Research
Tofu works as tissue-engineering scaffold
Garlic, ginger and chilli swapped for fibroblast cells
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Research
American Civil War era tea yields modern day medicine
Macrocyclisation strategy key to obtaining long known alkaloid with untapped potential
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News
English health service could recover £500m in drug costs from Pfizer
NHS England may have paid over the odds for pain drug whose patent has now been revoked
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Feature
The antibiotic countdown
Where are the next generation of antibiotics going to come from? Clare Sansom looks at the pipeline
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Research
Antimalarial plant's chlorophyll catalyses drug synthesis
New ‘green’ method makes malaria-fighting artemisinin’s synthesis faster and cheaper with industrial production planned for 2021
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News
European risk assessment slams neonicotinoids
EFSA analysis confirming harm to bees could lead to an outright ban on the pesticides
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News
Tracker to name and shame for failure to report clinical trial results
Developers of online tool hope that it will improve accountability
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News
FDA approves new way to make medical imaging isotope
System will be the US’s first domestic source of molybdenum-99 for 30 years
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Opinion
When evidence isn’t enough
The UK debate over folic acid highlights science’s role in public health ethics