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Interview: Sweet Science
05 November 2009
David Jakeman talks about carbohydrates, drugs and meeting Darwin. Interview by Nicola Wise
Single-base DNA resolution
04 November 2009
A fluorescent probe sensitive to differences at the single-base-level of DNA has been created by researchers in Japan
Sticky polymers for wound healing
23 October 2009
Promise for tissue regeneration therapy as temperature-responsive gels help move cells from A to B
Culture clash for good and bad bacteria
23 October 2009
Lab-on-a-chip that co-cultures cells from the human gut offers screening for probiotics
A piece in the puzzle of bismuth toxicology
21 October 2009
Liver cells transform inorganic bismuth into potentially toxic methylated species
Strategic screening for drugs
16 October 2009
US scientists are targeting an enzyme essential to bacterial metabolism in the search for new antibiotics
Issue 11 2009 Highlights in Chemical Biology now published
15 October 2009
Drawing together coverage from all RSC publications, providing an overview of the latest developments in chemical biology
Interview: Evolving evolution
14 October 2009
Frances Arnold is using evolution to improve on nature's designs
Instant insight: Triple therapy to target tumours
12 October 2009
Good things come in threes when it comes to cancer therapy
Instant insight: Making synthetic cells
05 October 2009
Cell and organelle mimics typically perform one simple function. Frank Caruso and colleagues contemplate more complicated systems
Screening genes from clones - fast
01 October 2009
A high throughput genetic screening method could lead to personalised treatment for genetic diseases, claim Swedish scientists
Topical treatment for quantum dots?
01 October 2009
Singlet oxygen release suggests cancer therapy use for dopamine-bound nanoparticles
A biological approach to drug delivery
21 September 2009
An all-in-one approach to prepare tumour-targeting polymer spheres has been developed by Korean scientists
Interview: Making soft matter
16 September 2009
Martien Cohen Stuart on soft matter, music and fruit trees
Cutting and pasting with the human genome
16 September 2009
A DNA cutting tool that can manipulate human genomic DNA could find use in gene therapy, say Japanese scientists
Scrutinising cells with mirrors
08 September 2009
A reflective chip is being used to track biological processes in 3D inside living cells
Instant insight: Lighting up biology
04 September 2009
Jellyfish have changed science. Marc Zimmer sheds light on GFP and the research behind 2008's Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Two-pronged approach to RNA binding
04 September 2009
Linking ligands gives RNA binder far better than the sum of its parts
Kidney on a chip
26 August 2009
Scientists in Korea are mimicking the conditions kidney cells experience in the body to grow the cells in a microfluidic device
Anti-terror antibodies
26 August 2009
European scientists have developed a method to detect potential biological warfare agents in food
