News – Page 708
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Can we control GM insects?
There is an urgent need to introduce regulations on the development of genetically modified insects.
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Cellular origami for a cancer cure
The first successful synthesis of an antibiotic with antitumour properties has been achieved by UK researchers.
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Dendrimers as oral drug transporters
UK research team improves beta blocker delivery using tree-like polymers.
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DuPont identifies gum gene
US researchers from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a subsidiary of DuPont, have identified a gene found in guar that produces galactomannan.
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EU Parliament delays agreement on Reach
Any prospects of an early agreement on Reach (Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals), the proposed new EU regulatory regime for chemicals, have been dashed.
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Evaporating acids are the key to life
The evaporation of serine clusters might have been involved in the early processes of life on earth according to researchers from Purdue University, US.
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Investors criticise industry management
The management teams of EU chemical companies have come under fierce criticism from several private equity executives.
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Keeping a lid on food contamination
A European team of scientists has established the source of semicarbazide contamination in jars of food.
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Acambis stops UK R&D
Acambis, a UK biotech company, is to close its research operation in Cambridge, UK, with the loss of around 40 jobs.
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Alzheimer's enzyme creates its own inhibitor
Using click chemistry in the fight against brain disease.
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AstraZeneca targets enzymes in cancer fight
A team of British and French researchers from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca claims to have discovered a new class of quinazoline-based compounds.
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Building up to a new HIV vaccine
An anti-HIV vaccine may be closer thanks to a new approach to vaccine design that is being developed.
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Spinning into a new era of computing
Flipping a spin is easier and faster than moving around electrons. So are we going to switch to spintronics? Michael Gross investigates.
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Open to interpretation
Peter Gregory, the RSC's director of publishing, explains what open archive initiatives could mean to scientific research and to learned societies.