Biology – Page 42
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Article
Harnessing electronic display technology in bioimaging
Less toxic than quantum dots, can conjugated polymer nanoparticles revolutionise bioimaging?
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Article
The ever-increasing attraction of biologics
Biologics promise targeted treatments for a range of conditions – if we can overcome the technological challenges
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Feature
The chemistry of the microbiome
Our gut bacteria are carrying out chemistry on our behalf, but without us knowing much about it. Now, scientists are starting to examine their enzymes
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Podcast
The Element in the Room by Steve Mould and Helen Arney – Book club
Helen Arney and Steve Mould take us on a DIY journey through science
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Research
Tofu works as tissue-engineering scaffold
Garlic, ginger and chilli swapped for fibroblast cells
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Research
Antimalarial plant's chlorophyll catalyses drug synthesis
New ‘green’ method makes malaria-fighting artemisinin’s synthesis faster and cheaper with industrial production planned for 2021
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News
FDA approves new way to make medical imaging isotope
System will be the US’s first domestic source of molybdenum-99 for 30 years
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Opinion
When evidence isn’t enough
The UK debate over folic acid highlights science’s role in public health ethics
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Podcast
Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine – Book club
Cordelia Fine explores the myriad myths about surrounding equality
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Research
Soil search unearths new class of antibiotics
Malacidins have a novel mode of action and can kill MRSA
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Opinion
Revisiting Richard Dawkins' idea of replication
Why The selfish gene is only part of the story
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Research
Nucleus infiltrated by peptide gene switch
Synthetic peptides used to control cellular processes
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Research
Human genome sequenced by handheld device
MinION nanopore sequencer fills in gaps in our knowledge of genome
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Research
Photoredox sugar synthesis plausible on early Earth
Study using prebiotically realistic wavelengths adds weight to origin-of-life theory
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Research
Meteorites' mechanical energy might have created building blocks of life
Did a cosmic impact kick-start amino acid formation?