All Life articles – Page 81
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Business
FDA’s first Duchenne drug approval reveals schism
Oligonucleotide drug reaches market amid pressure from patient families and strife over ‘patient-focused drug development’ at the regulator
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News
Serious shortage of medical isotopes predicted by year’s end
US National Academies warns that ‘severe’ shortages of molybdenum-99 and technetium-99m are likely
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Research
Swimming microrobots ‘see the invisible’
Chemically-fuelled and magnetically-guided spheres enable microscopy beyond the diffraction limit
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Research
Nanoplasters get cells into sticky situation
Nanoparticles that glue cells together could aid wound healing or stop tumour metastasis
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Podcast
Ergotamine
Ben Valsler finds out why writing Alice’s adventures in Wonderland was such a headache for Lewis Carroll
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News
UN to hold talks on antibiotic resistance
Meeting marks first time the organisation has met to tackle the issue
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Research
Synthesis strategy takes the pain out of finding malaria drugs
Compound libraries could help find treatments for a whole host of diseases
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Review
Venomous: how Earth’s deadliest creatures mastered biochemistry
Laura Fisher looks at venom scientist Christie Wilcox’s new book
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News
US agency bans triclosan and 18 other antibacterials
The FDA has banned 19 antimicrobials in the US and given industry a year to remove them from consumer products
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Opinion
Our war on sugar will leave a bitter taste
The war on sweetness will cost us a potent food ally
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Research
3.7 billion year old microbe fossils discovered in Greenland
Discovery puts earliest evidence for life back 220 million years
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Business
Joined-up thinking
The rift between contract medicinal chemistry and chemical development needs to be bridged
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Opinion
Don’t fear the Crispr
Does simple gene-editing mean the end of traditional medicinal chemistry? Probably not
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Research
Metal micronutrients get to the root of antifungal defence
Flavoursome tomato varieties could benefit from nanoparticle fertilisers
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Business
FDA urges labs to test all blood donations for Zika
Agency has also given emergency authorisation to two new Zika blood tests
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Research
Camel hair shows shape memory
Natural fibres’ unusual properties could be the basis for new smart materials
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Research
3D graphene adds dimension to deaf–mute communication
Printed aerogel’s translation of sign language speaks volumes for 3D graphene materials