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Interview: Mapping out success
29 August 2008
OBC lecture award winner, Akimitsu Okamoto, talks to Vikki Allen about chemical probes and daydreaming over maps
Metabolic markers for diabetes
28 August 2008
Spectroscopic techniques combined for easier metabolite analysis
Rewriting the biochemistry textbooks
22 August 2008
Calculations validate alternative to a much-published enzyme mechanism
Revising the route to a stealthy siderophore
19 August 2008
Surprising result reveals details of potential enzyme target in the fight against anthrax
Discovering the secrets of DNA repair
18 August 2008
Scientists are adding lesions into DNA to probe the mechanisms that allow dormant bacteria to come 'back to life'
Issue 9 2008 Chemical Biology now published
18 August 2008
Drawing together coverage from all RSC publications, providing an overview of the latest developments in chemical biology
Instant insight: A golden future
14 August 2008
Ralph Sperling explains why gold is so precious to biological scientists
New twist on protein binding
13 August 2008
A fortuitous discovery has led to a new type of probe for protein interactions that could find use in cellular imaging
Interview: Medicines from the deep
06 August 2008
Mark Butler talks to Elinor Richards about Singapore, sponges and scuba diving
An open and shut case for palladium
01 August 2008
A synthetic pore that lets sodium cross membranes is 'a significant step towards tissue-mimetic materials,' say UK scientists
Putting the squeeze on cancer cells
30 July 2008
Squashing suspect cells and watching how they bulge can be used to tell cancer cells from healthy ones
Boron implicated in the emergence of life
29 July 2008
Was borate responsible for stabilising the DNA sugar ribose in the deep oceans?
Droplet traps for worms on chip
29 July 2008
Watching how worms behave in droplets is the basis for a new assay that could find use in high-throughput drug screening
