News – Page 326
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Cancer Drugs Fund axes 23 treatments
The UK government has cut down the list of cancer therapies it will pay for through the Cancer Drugs Fund
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Novartis to buy experimental MS drug from GSK in $1bn deal
Deal will help to bolster Novartis’s pipeline for neurological disorder treatments
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ResearchHypervalent bonding controversy out for the electron count?
A new definition for the foundations of modern chemistry puts atomic charge models on trial
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BusinessUS regulator reprimands Cepheid for norovirus diagnosis tool quality
Diagnostics firm has 15 days to respond to violations laid out by regulator
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ResearchElectric switch makes helix change hands
Computational model predicts that external electric fields can reorientate helices by breaking and reforming hydrogen bonds
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ResearchVitamin makes tricky E/Z flipping easy
Thanks to riboflavin, chemists see route to Z-isomers of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl intermediates
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NewsRussia to ramp up spending on military science
The Russian government will invest billions on military and defence R&D over the next three years
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Research
Shrinking hydrogel reinforces fabric for soft yet strong material
Prosthetics, tear-resistant gloves and bulletproof vests could benefit from polyampholyte gel and glass fibre combo
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ResearchElectrostatic net kills resistant mosquitoes
A new coating for insecticide-treated mosquito nets could help tackle malaria and dengue fever
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Business
FDA takes action to remove biosimilars roadblock
The US Food and Drug Administration proposes system to name biosimilar drugs
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ResearchSmorgasbord of chemical blueprints located in plain pond algae
Transcriptome sequencing reveals Euglena’s unexpected metabolic capabilities
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Research‘Fire fountain’ data illuminate lunar history
Volatile element details promise to ignite research into Moon’s origin and evolution
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NewsNeonicotinoids present in many US streams
Persistent but low-level contamination prompts calls for further research on aquatic impact of pesticides
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ResearchWorker bees ‘chemically castrated’ through diet
Phytochemicals in food control honey bee larvae’s future role in the hive
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ResearchSynthetic stomach membrane to minimise animal tests
Researchers strive to replace lab animals with hydrogel models
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Business
Syngenta fends off Monsanto takeover bid
Unmoving objection to merger leads US giant to drop pursuit
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ResearchAFM pictures show bond polarity
Atomic force microscopy technique reveals charge distribution within chemical bonds
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ResearchIndividual microRNA molecules detected with a single microbead
Beady-eyed bioassay can identify important nucleotides on the single molecule level