Chemical biology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 2, Research News
Research Highlights
Shedding light on breast cancer
19 December 2006
Improved early diagnosis of breast cancer could be in sight thanks to researchers in the UK.
Sickle cell microcell
12 January 2007
A method to deoxygenate blood's oxygen-carrier, haemoglobin, could lead to treatments for sickle cell anaemia.
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Mapping arterial disease
17 January 2007
Imaging mass spectrometry could bring about a change in direction for diagnostic medicine.
Cell structure made crystal clear?
15 January 2007
Surprising results could help answer questions about organisation and transport in cells.
Finding a stable off-switch
04 January 2007
A fast route to find reagents for silencing disruptive genes has been developed by scientists in the UK.
Linking sugars
08 January 2007
Researchers in Canada have found a cheaper way of making glycans, complex carbohydrate structures found in biological systems.
Methyl mystery unravelled
21 December 2006
A long-standing mystery in the natural synthesis of the antibiotic fosfomycin has been resolved by chemists in the US.
Buckets of DNA nanoparticles
05 January 2007
Molecular buckets that pack DNA into nanoparticles could have implications for gene therapy, say scientists in Greece.
Interview
Interview: Sugar solutions
10 January 2007
Ben Davis talks to James Mitchell Crow about 'nature's fuzzy logic.'
Instant Insight
Instant insight: Probing expression
22 January 2007
Ivan Dmochowski and XinJing Tang, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, US, shed light on gene regulation.
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