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Highlights in Chemical Biology

Chemical biology news from across RSC Publishing.



Issue 11, Research News


Instant Insight

A biological cell in comparison with a synthetic mimic

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


A tumour subjected to radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and antiangiogenesis

Instant insight: Triple therapy to target tumours

12 October 2009

Good things come in threes when it comes to cancer therapy


Interview

Frances Arnold

Interview: Evolving evolution

14 October 2009

Frances Arnold is using evolution to improve on nature's designs


Close up of wells on a chip containing cells and a fluorescent reporter

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


Research Highlights

A silicon wafer chip containing V-shaped mirrored trenches

Scrutinising cells with mirrors

08 September 2009

A reflective chip is being used to track biological processes in 3D inside living cells


A beta-hairpin peptide and RNA intercalator conjugate

Two-pronged approach to RNA binding

04 September 2009

Linking ligands gives RNA binder far better than the sum of its parts


A quantum dot producing reactive oxygen species

Topical treatment for quantum dots?

01 October 2009

Singlet oxygen release suggests cancer therapy use for dopamine-bound nanoparticles


A polymer-protein micelle

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


Schematic diagram ARCUT

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


Essential Elements

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First issues online!

Analytical Methods and Nanoscale now online!


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