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Time to be selective

Added: 15 Dec 2019

As the AMR crisis looms large, we would do well to look beyond classic drug targets says Dr Thomas …

Moving from push to pull

Added: 9 Dec 2019

Nothing less than an entirely new model of drug development is needed if we are to create new antib…

Time to reconcile science and philosophy

Added: 4 Nov 2019

Despite close historical ties, philosophy and science have had a bumpy relationship in the modern e…

More power to you

Added: 28 Oct 2019

Our need for battery power is insatiable and current lithium-ion anode technology just won’t cut it…

Innovation and sustainability for your lab

Added: 14 Oct 2019

Source new technologies, future-proof your laboratory and find out ways to make procurement sustain…

It’s in the blood

Added: 7 Oct 2019

Despite – or perhaps because of – its importance, some of the world’s most deadly diseases have the…

Law and disorder

Added: 23 Sep 2019

We have been working on Alzheimer’s for a long time… so where are all the therapeutic drugs? Here D…

Defending our last line

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Swift action is vital in the battle against AMR. But as our last lines of defense begin to fall to …

Matter over mind

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Materials science and nanotech are vital for developing implantable microdevices but there are seve…

Knowing a lot about very little

Added: 19 Aug 2019

The potential of nanomedicine to tackle many diseases is immense, but we really don’t know much abo…

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 2)

Added: 5 Aug 2019

Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…

Reproducibility comes as standard (part 1)

Added: 29 Jul 2019

Science's reproducibility crisis is a big challenge and one that needs to be overcome quickly. In t…

Making CAR-T affordable and accessible

Added: 27 Jun 2019

To fulfil the live saving potential offered by CAR-T therapies to blood cancer patients, the next s…

An edit for good?

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 9 Apr 2019

Gene editing could allow incredible crop improvements, with the potential to reduce the harmful imp…

Applications that make the cut

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 1 Feb 2019

There’s been a lot of news and hype about CRISPR, but what can it actually do?  Dr Bahri Karacay ta…

Understanding battleground earth

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 8 Nov 2018

Falk Hildebrand takes through the first global study of the soil microbiome. This incredible intern…

See the big picture

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 25 Jun 2018

The phenotype is making a strong comeback when it comes to screening cancer drugs for efficacy and …

Systems biology goes public

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 15 Feb 2018

A personalised approach to medicine based on systems biology can only happen if there is a huge cha…

Cloudy with a chance of biology...

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 6 Dec 2017

The delivery of membrane proteins to subcellular compartments is essential for eukaryotic life with…

The quantum weirdness powering biology

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 5 Nov 2015

It allows particles to be in two places at once, pass through impenetrable barriers or maintain spo…