Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World April 17, 2012 Elinor Richards	Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot Pharmaceutically active ionic liquids have been immobilised onto solid supports to enable liquid drugs to be administered in solid form.
Chemistry World April 16, 2012 Anthony King	Voluntary controls on antibiotics on US farms criticized The US Food and Drug Administration has announced new guidelines to curb the use of antibiotics in livestock. But its decision to opt for purely voluntary measures has drawn criticism from many experts.
Chemistry World April 15, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Giving drug dropouts a new lease of life Researchers in the US have designed a molecular container that can encapsulate drug molecules and increase their solubility - in one case by almost 3000 times.
Chemistry World April 13, 2012 Lucy Gilbert	Plant spores mop up oil UK researchers have modified plant spore microcapsules to take up to three and a half times their own weight in oil by a simple mixing process, giving them potential as natural oil-spill clean-up materials.
Chemistry World April 12, 2012 Alisa Becker	Nanoscale engineering of wound beds A collagen-binding peptide with applications in wound healing has been developed by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World April 4, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Speeding up wound healing Scientists in China have developed a material that reduces the time required for a skin wound to heal.
Chemistry World April 3, 2012 Elinor Richards	Queen bee compounds Scientists in Italy have created an environmentally friendly method of making the principal bioactive compound found in royal jelly.
Chemistry World April 2012 Anthony King	Making Light Work Could light prove to be the ultimate weapon in the battle against deadly superbugs?
Chemistry World March 30, 2012 Laura Howes	Printing vaccines for the masses with nano-fabrication Applying nanoparticle fabrication techniques to vaccine production could dramatically cut their cost per dose.
Chemistry World March 30, 2012 Russell Johnson	Miniaturizing disease diagnosis tool South Korean scientists have created a temperature cycle for the on-chip flow-through polymerase chain reaction using a single heater.
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