Ananyo Bhattacharya
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Beyond the blood-brain barrier
A treatment for Alzheimer's disease or schizophrenia is little use if it can't reach its target in the brain
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Human trials for dyes that make cancers glow
Lack of contrast agents still holds up surgical application of medical imaging
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Flask synthesis promises untainted heparin
Clinical trials with pure synthetic anticoagulant in five years, says chemist
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Interview: Andrew Hamilton
Oxford's next vice-chancellor is still a synthetic organic chemist at heart
- Feature
Sparks of creation
Chemists are at the forefront of synthetic biology, the burgeoning field that could soon create artificial life. Ananyo Bhattacharya reports
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Deal on NHS drugs set to trim pharma industry profits
Price of branded drugs cut by two per cent and off-patent drugs to face competition from generics
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Doubts raised over vaccine boost theory
Wrong aluminium salts used in experiments to explain adjuvant effect, scientist claims
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MPs berate UK government and funding agency over research cuts
Science and Technology Facilities Council is 'poorly managed', says report
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Psychiatric drug ads 'frequently misleading'
Survey shows that more than one third of claims in advertisements are not supported by cited studies
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Threat to future of European synchrotron
Doubt over German and UK funding for the upgrade of ESRF
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Unexpected effects of drug combinations explained
Interference between morphine and norepinephrine imaged in real time
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Structural snapshot shows monster protein
Largest cellular component ever imaged by x-ray crystallography may make useful drug carrier
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UK government expected to strengthen science
Major review calls for more funding and education initiatives
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'Lost' folate enzyme found after 30 years
Researchers stumble upon biochemical machinery that helps bacteria make essential B vitamin