Drug discovery and development – Page 37
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OpinionPeace, love and understanding
Chemists and biologists often view the process of drug discovery very differently
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News€224 million EU antibiotics initiative launched
The project will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academia, but some institutes have reservations
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BusinessHDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another ‘good’ cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
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NewsVoluntary controls on antibiotics on US farms criticised
The US Food and Drug Administration has introduced guidelines to try to cut antibiotic use in livestock
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Feature
Making light work
Could light prove to be the ultimate weapon in the battle against deadly superbugs?
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PodcastNitroglycerine
Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning
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PodcastTetracycline
Simon Cotton travels back to 1945 where a sample of Missouri soil produced a golden yellow antibiotic
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Feature
The birth of the pill
Fifty years after its birth, John Mann reports on the conception and evolution of the contraceptive pill
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PodcastVancomycin
Simon Cotton explains the chemistry behind Vancomycin, an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections
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CareersA cross-discipline MSc in cancer chemistry
A unique MSc course focuses on the cross-disciplinary know-how needed for a career in anti-cancer drug development. Joe McEntee reports
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FeatureLSD: cultural revolution and medical advances
Albert Hofmann has largely faded from public view but his creation has become part of our cultural fabric. David Nichols reports