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NewsUS onboard with effort to waive global Covid-19 vaccine patents
Biden administration says pandemic calls for ‘extraordinary measures’ to relinquish IP protections, but pharma and biotech sectors push back
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Opinion
Embracing the exposome
Analytical research strategies are evolving to keep up with the chemical complexities of our world
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News
US urged to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents
175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates call on Joe Biden to suspend intellectual property rules
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Feature
Drink, drugs and disease: the chemistry of breath tests
From roadside tests to diagnosing Covid-19, Clare Sansom looks at how breathalysers have developed
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Research
Coffee pods and 3D printing combine to create cheap and quick Covid-19 tests
Repurposed aluminium capsules enable a point-of-care test ideal for remote and low-income settings
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Research
Ingestible COF that delivers insulin could help diabetics duck injections
When blood glucose levels are high, glucose displaces insulin loaded in the framework
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Feature
Smart tattoos are keeping tabs on our health
Nina Notman takes a snapshot of the burgeoning field of health and fitness monitoring tattoos and patches
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Business
Why manufacturing Covid vaccines at scale is hard
Exploring the pinch points vaccine makers face as they ramp up production
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Research
Molecular pendulum sensors could track and monitor disease
DNA–antibody probes can detect specific proteins inside a live subject
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Research
Contact lenses with gold nanoparticles can help correct colour blindness
Soft lenses can correct red–green colour vision deficiency
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Business
University team’s silica coats stop vaccines spoiling at room temperature
Asel Sartbaeva hopes her pioneering ensilication technology will be adopted to store and transport pediatric vaccines to low-income countries
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News
Green light for world’s first Sars-CoV-2 studies that will infect healthy volunteers
UK trials will assess how well Covid-19 treatments work and if vaccines protect against new virus variants
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Business
Coronavirus variants stymie success of monoclonal antibodies
Lab-made antibodies can treat and protect people from Covid-19 but are more likely to succeed when administered as a cocktail
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Feature
Drugging RNA
Some medicinal chemists have changed their focus from proteins to target RNA, finds Rachel Brazil
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News
Reach’s health benefits are four times greater than the costs
European Chemicals Agency report claims benefits from bloc’s chemical legislation run to €2.1 billion annually
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Research
Linking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation
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Business
DuPont and spinoffs reach $4bn settlement to resolve PFAS liability issues
DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have also reached an $83mn agreement to settle 95 pending personal injury cases in Ohio related to PFAS
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News
Oxford University to open antimicrobial research centre after £100m donation from Ineos
Petrochemical giant highlights dangers of antibiotic resistance
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News
Decoding the virus – what we know about Sars-CoV-2 a year on
Scientists have never learnt so much about a pathogen in such a short time
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News
UK abandons school Covid monitoring as testing devices divide public health scientists
Scientists split over use of lateral flow tests as some fear they could actually increase spread of the coronavirus
