All Life articles – Page 69
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Research
DNA helix has chiral water ‘spine’
Spectroscopy reveals how water molecules form a chiral superstructure in DNA’s minor groove
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Opinion
Unpicking a clinical trial death
A new study shows up off-target effects of a drug that proved deadly, and highlights the pitfalls of drug discovery
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Feature
Access to drugs: a failure of pharma?
Many people around the world are either unable to afford the drugs they need, or their conditions have not been addressed by pharma R&D. Sarah Houlton investigates
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News
Analytical test strip fights fentanyl overdoses
Simple chemical analysis helps drug users prevent overdosing on deadly opioid
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Research
Coral skeletons hold history of volcanic eruptions
Noble gas isotope ratios offer means to track when past underwater eruptions occurred
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Research
Modified antibiotic beats superbug resistance
Adding functional groups to vancomycin gives it extra modes of attack against resistant bacteria
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Podcast
Fibrin and fibrinogen
From scabby knees to life-threatening strokes, this important protein is the fundamental link in the complex molecular chain that forms blood clots
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Opinion
Drug pricing must be more transparent
Pricing is a complex issue - how can we make it clearer?
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Research
Garden centre plants may pose pesticide threat to bees
Insecticides on ornamental UK plants found at levels known to have an impact on pollinators
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Research
Sweat pore mimic unblocks perspiration theory
Microfluidic device shows that antiperspirants control sweating by forming pore-plugging aggregates with perspiration proteins
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Review
Your brain is a time machine: the neuroscience and physics of time
A book for people with more than a passing interest in time
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Feature
Delivering gene therapy
After some well-publicised problems, gene therapy – delivering DNA into people’s cells using viruses – is booming, Anthony King finds
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Research
Micromotors navigate tiny biochemical lab
Resistant layer protects micromotors from protein-induced breakdown when swimming through biological fluids on lab-on-a-chip device
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Business
Pollution from Indian drugmakers drives drug resistance
Areas around manufacturing sites still heavily contaminated with antimicrobials and breeding multidrug-resistant pathogens
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Research
Seductive sulfurs woo wasps
Amorous insect pollinators caught in the act with (methylthio)phenols
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News
UK crops at risk if EU pesticide ban expanded
Agricultural research institute calls for unbiased research on pesticides linked to bee decline