Chemical biology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 5, Research News
Instant Insight
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.
Interview
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.
Research Highlights
The science of smell
18 March 2008
Chip technology is helping French scientists to unravel the mysteries behind our sense of smell.
Analysing aneurysms
18 March 2008
In the future, doctors may be able to spot life-threatening blood vessel swelling more accurately, thanks to work by French scientists.
Blood clotting on-chip
07 April 2008
Microfluidic technology could help unravel the complex role of clot formation in bleeding disorders.
Tumour treatments see the light
27 March 2008
DNA-seeking probes could deliver anticancer agents right to the heart of tumour cells, say chemists in Italy.
The rigid future of DNA labels
02 April 2008
How do you study DNA without affecting it? Chemists have linked fluorescent tags to DNA so that they do not alter the helix's stability.
Computers get to the heart of gene expression
03 April 2008
Unravelling the genetic basis of heart disease by combining computational biology techniques.
Spiky sponges share their secrets
02 April 2008
Enzymes that make sponges spiky are promising leads for new silicon-based materials, say British scientists.
Growing cells in patterns
26 March 2008
Using a simple stamping method, American chemists are creating cell patterns on ordinary microscope coverslips.
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