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Finding the level

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Is there ever a time when knowledge, instead of helping us, does the opposite? Carlisle Baker-Jacks…

The ultimate growth industry

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 1 Aug 2017

Regenerative medicine offers hope to millions of people worldwide and involves some of our most adv…

It’s not easy being green

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‘Green chemistry’ – just an empty buzz-word or a vital strategy for the future of chemistry? Christ…

There will be blood...

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 20 Jul 2017

But what kind? Today’s clinical chemistry laboratories play a critical role in the provision of pat…

One size doesn’t fit all

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 20 Jul 2017

Mike Clayton considers how the current systems and processes in the clinical laboratory aren’t nece…

Stopping it all going wrong

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 18 Jul 2017

Safety assessments for medical devices typically focus on potential hazards occurring during use fr…

The last unit standing

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 13 Jul 2017

The kilogram is the last artefact based SI unit – something that has taken the best part of 20 year…

Bringing the Sun down to Earth

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 10 Jul 2017

Technical difficulties, experimental dead-ends and eye-watering development costs – yet the gargant…

SHERLOCK joins the hunt for rogue DNA and RNA

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 6 Jul 2017

CRISPR – and the significant legal battles surrounding it – seem to be in the news more and more re…

Playing fast and dim

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As the super-resolution microscopy revolution continues, CMOS cameras are attracting a lot of atten…

Collaborate to accumulate

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 3 Jul 2017

Pharmaceutical research and development has historically been shrouded in mystery, a secretive acti…

A radical solution

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 27 Jun 2017

Understanding reactive oxygen species is vital for tackling many diseases – but you need to catch t…

The what and the where

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 20 Jun 2017

DNA sequencing is one thing, but mapping that sequence to the chromosome is quite another. Here Dr …

Credit where it's due

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 Jun 2017

You might not know it, but the government is falling over itself to give you money in the form of R…

Building a way to work smarter

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 Jun 2017

At its latest Science Insight event, lab building contractor Willmott Dixon invited leading industr…

The dawn of disease

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 13 Jun 2017

The threat of global pandemics looms large as antibiotic resistance continues to persist. But how d…

The great reagent arms race

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 8 Jun 2017

Keeping pace with the demands of sophisticated instrumentation can be an uphill battle thinks Antho…

Art imitating life

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 6 Jun 2017

Last month’s Focal Point featured a breathtaking image from a project titled Self Reflected. But wh…

Harnessing cell death

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 19 May 2017

Cell death is an essential process for all multicellular organisms and its malfunction is involved …

Your flexible friend

qmjwtjwqdb.d qmjwtjwqdb.d | Added: 16 May 2017

Keeping up with rapidly improving diagnostic equipment is vital for the modern healthcare provider……