Biology & Life Sciences

Magazine articles on biology, life sciences, biotech, medical research.

Old Articles: <Older 2341-2350 Newer>

Chemistry World February 22, 2011 Amaya Camara-Campos	Repairing faulty genes Israeli scientists have developed compounds that could be better treatments for genetic diseases than current drugs.
Chemistry World February 20, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Insect antennae inspire responsive nanopores Researchers in the US have created nanopores that can capture, concentrate and shift molecules in predictable ways.
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Vibhuti Patel	Designer foods The way that we digest fat could be controlled by food design, providing potential health benefits, according to scientists from Australia.
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Elinor Richards	Identifying the cause of pregnancy loss A protein has been identified as a possible indicator of recurring pregnancy loss by scientists from Korea.
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Carol Stanier	Speed dating for pharmaceuticals A simple analysis of hydrogen bond strengths finds the best crystallisation partners for drugs, say UK scientists.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler	The Building Block of Drug Discovery With Francis Collins now calling the shots at NIH, will be be able to deliver on the innovations behind the genome?
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Harriet Brewerton	Remote powered lab on a chip Wen Qiao at the University of California, San Diego, made a microfluidic chip that can be powered with a commercially available radio frequency transmitter for electrophoresis experiments.
Chemistry World February 15, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Worms' diet the key to coloured silk Scientists in Singapore have found out how to produce coloured silk based on the diet fed to silkworms.
Chemistry World February 15, 2011 Mary Badcock	Building up a natural product toolkit US scientists have come up with a method that makes it easier to extract compounds that are difficult to isolate from crude natural product mixtures.
Chemistry World February 14, 2011 Rachel Cooper	Small and sensitive nanoparticles A new highly sensitive nanoparticle contrast agent for imaging in the body stays in the bloodstream longer and is better at targeting tumors than other nanoparticle contrast agents, say Chinese scientists.
<Older 2341-2350 Newer> Return to current articles.