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Chemistry World
January 10, 2013
Laura Howes |
Golden rice trial breached ethical guidelines Golden rice, the -carotene boosted genetically modified rice, which it is hoped will help to prevent cases of childhood blindness, has suffered another setback. Chinese researchers were judged to have breached ethical guidelines when they ran a trial in which children were fed the GM rice.   |
Chemistry World
January 10, 2013
Laura Howes |
Rotaxane mimics ribosome to spin out peptides The field of molecular machines has taken a new bio-inspired turn to assemble another molecule, in this case linking up individual amino acids into a peptide. |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2013
Laura Howes |
Antifreeze protein's watery dance Most animals left in -30 C temperatures wouldn't last very long. Not only would they get hypothermia, but the water in their bodies would start to freeze. Some animals and plants, however, use antifreeze proteins to keep ice at bay. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2013
Andy Extance |
Phenome center move ends GSK role Running costs have forced the national MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre to move from the Harlow labs of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, where it was originally going to be sited. |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2013
Andrew Turley |
Wellcome Trust launches investment wing The Wellcome Trust has provided 200 million pounds to launch an investment company that aims to support innovative healthcare businesses with the potential to transform the markets in which they operate. |
Chemistry World
January 3, 2013
Laura Howes |
Hunted becomes the hunter in DNA ecosystem Scientists in Japan have modelled a biological ecosystem containing a predator and a prey using nothing more than short pieces of DNA. The 'striking' similarity between the molecular system and biological ecosystems suggests a new use for these biochemical oscillators. |
Chemistry World
January 2, 2013
Philip Robinson |
Shine on you crazy Diamond The UK's Diamond Light Source is celebrating five years since it opened its doors to scientists. The joint venture between the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Wellcome Trust established Diamond as the successor to the UK's previous synchrotron source at Daresbury. |
Chemistry World
January 2, 2013
Paul Docherty |
Flueggine A One of the most prolific sources of biologically active natural products is traditional medicines -- whose active components can be exceptionally potent. The Euphorbiaceae family of plants is a productive source of medicinal targets, including the Securinega alkaloids. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
Eliza Strickland |
IBM's Watson Goes to Med School This AI program mastered "Jeopardy!" Next up, oncology. IBM scientists hope health care will be the killer app for Watson, an AI with phenomenal skills in natural-language processing. |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2012
Laura Howes |
Engineered enzyme performs cyclopropanation by carbene transfer While biomimetic chemistry has been busy learning from nature, other chemists have been busy modifying enzymes to develop biocatalysts for other reactions. |
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