Biology – Page 45
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OpinionPowers of prediction
If the terrifyingly difficult problem of protein folding is getting closer to a solution, what other intractable problems are ripe for answering?
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ReviewExhibition: Deconstructing patterns
This year’s exhibition at the Francis Crick Insitute mixes art and science
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FeatureGo with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
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ResearchInsights into nucleobase repair on Archean Earth
Self-repair mechanism may be part of nucleic acids’ evolutionary advantage
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ResearchJelly implant keeps an eye on body oxygen levels
A soft hydrogel implant – the first of which has survived in the foot of its inventor for four years – could detect circulatory problems that end in amputations
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ResearchOptogenetic control puts biosynthesis into – and out of – the spotlight
Using light to switch which enzymes brewer’s yeast produces boosts concentrations of biofuel candidate isobutanol fivefold.
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ResearchBeer engineered in pursuit of hoppiness
Crispr-augmented brewer’s yeast produces flavour molecules, enabling hoppy beer without adding extra hops
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ResearchBacteria churn out a million potential protein drugs
Modified bacteria produce enormous library of macrocycles, one of which inhibits a HIV protein
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FeatureCuba: socialism, cigars and biotech
Nina Notman learns how biotechnology could potentially overtake cigars as Cuba’s most famous export
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ArticleThe 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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ArticleHarnessing electronic display technology in bioimaging
Less toxic than quantum dots, can conjugated polymer nanoparticles revolutionise bioimaging?
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ArticleBiosensors, wearables and virtual biotech
In a world that is racing ahead with new technologies, has the drug development process distanced itself from the patients it ultimately provides for?
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ArticleFive innovative technologies for health
How do healthcare products get from academic or start-up labs to the clinic? With a little help from places like the Centre for Process Innovation
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FeatureThe 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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PodcastThe 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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ResearchTofu works as tissue-engineering scaffold
Garlic, ginger and chilli swapped for fibroblast cells
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