Chemical biology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 12, Research News
Instant Insight

Instant insight: Reactions in droplets
09 November 2009
Microfluidic droplets could become the reaction vessels of choice for much of biological research say Yolanda Schaerli and Florian Hollfelder
Interview

Interview: Sweet Science
05 November 2009
David Jakeman talks about carbohydrates, drugs and meeting Darwin. Interview by Nicola Wise
Research Highlights

Sticky polymers for wound healing
23 October 2009
Promise for tissue regeneration therapy as temperature-responsive gels help move cells from A to B

Strategic screening for drugs
16 October 2009
US scientists are targeting an enzyme essential to bacterial metabolism in the search for new antibiotics

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

A piece in the puzzle of bismuth toxicology
21 October 2009
Liver cells transform inorganic bismuth into potentially toxic methylated species

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
Essential Elements

A new generation of conferences
The International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences is a new global sympoisia series
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