All Comment articles – Page 14

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    Opinion

    21st century toxicology

    2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Hartung discusses the next generation of toxicity testing and the regulatory science of the future

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    The Iron Lady

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Howard Peters takes a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, an Oxford chemistry graduate who became the UK’s only female prime minister

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    Biotech's bravura performer

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Bibiana Campos Seijo talks to scientist, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Chris Evans

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    Help or harm?

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Are we sufficiently aware of the potential for chemistry to be misused?

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    The complex paradox of science

    2012-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Science can provide solutions for society, says Rutger van Santen, but only if it is given the freedom to find the unexpected

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    Be careful what you wish for

    2012-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The struggle for a single unitary European patent may be close to an end, says Darren Smyth, but we must still hold out for an agreement that performs as it should

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    Integrity governance, a no brainer

    2012-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Ireland must match recent research investment efforts with appropriate research integrity oversight or risk losing public support, says Maura Hiney

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    Integrity begins at home

    2012-04-01T00:00:00Z

    James Parry argues that safeguarding the integrity and quality of research is best achieved through cultural and not regulatory means

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    Comment

    2012-03-28T09:45:43Z

    Ireland must match recent research investment efforts with appropriate research integrity oversight or risk losing public support, says Maura Hiney

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    Comment

    2012-02-23T13:12:04Z

    To secure public confidence in nanotechnology, we must learn from the past, says Donald Bruce

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    Scholarisine A

    2012-02-23T13:01:00Z

    Ring strain is a fascinating phenomenon - one that is best understood with plastic modelling kits, wearing safety specs for ring sizes of four or less. These smaller rings are packed with energy, resulting from both tight bond angles (deviating from the tetrahedral ideal of 109.5?), and ...

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    Comment

    2012-02-23T11:38:27Z

    Ian Churcher and Alan Nadin call for the development of more robust synthetic tools to improve small molecule survival rates in the perilous journey from lead to drug

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    Opinion

    Asteriscunolide D

    2012-01-27T10:21:00Z

    Medium rings are a beguiling feature found in a host of natural products, owing to their behavioural oddities. While the properties and synthesis of smaller rings (three to six atoms in size) are well known, and that of true macrocycles can at least be estimated, each medium ...

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    Comment

    2012-01-27T10:00:21Z

    Manoj Mehrotra discusses the rapid rise of outsourcing strategies in research, development and manufacturing

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    Comment

    2012-01-27T09:55:52Z

    The private sector offers significant benefits to public sector labs hampered by bureaucracy and financial constraints, argues Quentin Maxwell-Jackson

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    Comment

    2011-12-22T10:38:19Z

    News of chemistry departments reopening is welcome, writes Jim Iley, but departments must think carefully about how to ensure their success

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    Comment

    2011-12-22T10:37:01Z

    A new network aims to bring the power of interdisciplinary innovation to bear on global food issues. Laura Barter, Stuart Dunbar, Angela Karp and Rudiger Woscholski explain

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    Comment

    2011-12-22T10:14:36Z

    David Fox argues for the creation of a centralised repository for small molecules to harness research efforts in drug discovery

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    Dragmacidin D

    2011-12-22T10:14:00Z

    Why do we make functional groups? That might come across as the dumbest question of the year, but there’s actually a point behind it. The majority of functional groups present in the synthetic intermediates in a synthesis don’t make it to the target - they are consumed, ...

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    Opinion

    Column: Totally Synthetic

    2011-11-28T15:10:00Z

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