All Life articles – Page 67
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Research
Crispr first as disease-causing mutation edited in human embryos
Faulty gene that causes serious heart condition corrected
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Research
UV protection shines in sunlight
DNA coating that protects skin from damaging radiation gets better the longer it is exposed to sunlight
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Lemony chicken and a series of fortunate flavours
Citrus-flavoured sulfur compound found in fried chicken could replace unstable natural lemon aroma
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Research
Plotting a course to new antibiotics
Mapping out the chemical space of peptide antibiotics offers an efficient way to find new compounds
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Business
AstraZeneca shares tumble after antibody failure
Imfinzi and tremelimumab checkpoint inhibitor pairing fails to beat chemotherapy in lung cancer
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Business
Novartis coasts towards first CAR-T approval
Unanimous recommendation for CTL019 ahead of October decision builds confidence in T-cell genetic reprogramming
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News
Free certification for US cannabis labs to help fight opioid epidemic
Ensuring that America’s medical marijuana is reliable and of high quality will help patients and drive down opioid use in the country, according to Americans for Safe Access
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Dietary supplement poisoning every 24 minutes in the US
275,000 calls concerning supplements were made to poison centres between 2002 and 2012
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Podcast
Diphenylchlorarsine
One of the few technical mistakes the Germans made in the first world war
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Opinion
(+)-Pleuromutilin
Total synthesis is sometimes the only way to explore the chemical space around a natural product
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Business
Broad Institute backs central Crispr patent licensing platform
Key players submit 22 patents to pool, and urge other holders to create a one-stop shop for licensing deals
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Research
Simplified structure eases antibiotic synthesis
New analogues of the potent antibiotic teixobactin could be instrumental in the fight against multi-drug resistant pathogens
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Research
‘New era’ of designer proteins for medicines and materials
Platform computed thousands of stable designs for short proteins, up from two previous designs
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Feature
The proteins of touch
Our sense of touch and balance is deeply ingrained in our experiences, but what are the chemical processes that make it work? Rachel Brazil investigates
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Research
Responsive nanoparticles target sight-stealing fungus
Eye drop tricks fungal eye infection into self-destruction
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Opinion
Making enough of a difference
What if the needle in the drug development haystack ends up being too small to be useful?
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Research
Living bacteria write pictures and movies to DNA
Crispr–Cas9 tool used to store information in the genome of living E. coli
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Research
Synthetic ‘enzyme’ matches natural counterparts for catalytic power
Nanoparticle, nucleic acid and peptide trio mimics peroxidase enzymes