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Chemical Biology

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Metal distribution in the water flea

3D biological metal detection

08 May 2008

The water flea acts as a testbed for a non-destructive 3D imaging method that pinpoints metals in vivo.


RNA

Knowledge out of chaos

07 May 2008

Scientists have upset gene expression to investigate its randomness.


Viral peptide PEP1 lying flat on a vesicle surface and forming a pore through its membrane

How does a virus bore a hole in a cell?

30 April 2008

Chemists studying how viruses enter cells say their results could help in the search for new antiviral medicines.


A zinc dipicolylamine coated quantum dot

Quantum dots illuminate bacterial studies

30 April 2008

Fluorescent probes are shedding light on bacterial infection.


Kathryn Lilley

Interview: The protein detective

28 April 2008

Kathryn Lilley tells Michael Smith how curry and beer could be the downfall of biomarkers.


DNA

Plastic coats wrap up gene delivery

25 April 2008

UK chemists have used smart polymers to deliver DNA into cells.


Cancer cells treated with peptide nanostructures

Peptides provide fatal blow for cancer cells

21 April 2008

Peptides that punch holes in cancer cells are 'the first step towards efficient nanochemotherapeutics,' say Canadian chemists.


Chemical Biology logo

Issue 5 2008 Chemical Biology now published

18 April 2008

Drawing together coverage from all RSC publications, providing an overview of the latest developments in chemical biology.


DNA dispersed in the liquid crystalline phases of phospholipids

Liquid crystals in all of us?

18 April 2008

European researchers spark debate as they claim that cell nuclei may contain liquid crystals.


Scheme showing cell-penetrating peptides entering a cell

Instant insight: Crossing the cell membrane

16 April 2008

Shana Kelley reveals how cell-penetrating peptides deliver the goods when it comes to biology and medicine.


Hagan Bayley

Interview: Managing chaos

15 April 2008

Hagan Bayley talks to Laura Howes about the constraints of defining science and what he's learnt from the business world.


Sunset

Radical proposal for atmospheric link to asthma

09 April 2008

Nitrate radicals irreversibly damage amino acids and could play a role in respiratory disease, say Australian researchers.


Aggregated platelets

Blood clotting on-chip

07 April 2008

Microfluidic technology could help unravel the complex role of clot formation in bleeding disorders.


A heart

Computers get to the heart of gene expression

03 April 2008

Unravelling the genetic basis of heart disease by combining computational biology techniques.