Thanks to a new website, scientists with an interest in cancer and other disease states can easily find relevant research articles from across RSC journals. Biology in Focus will showcase a new subject area each quarter. Following on from cancer, future topics will include microarrays, metabolomics, quantitative proteomics, genomics, biomarkers. 

Many scientists focus on the rapidly developing interface between chemistry and biology in order to achieve a better balance between research and real-world applications. Exciting new analytical and miniaturised tools are allowing better interrogation, improved measurement and increased understanding of biology and biological systems. In turn these are leading to major developments in these interfacial areas. 

RSC journals Molecular BioSystems, Lab on a Chip and The Analyst have seen an increasing amount of submissions at the chemistry/biology interface that could potentially appear in any of the three journals. Following consultation with Editorial Board members, the journals have joined forces to encourage and promote this interdisciplinary collaboration and co-operation between the disciplines. The Biology in Focus web site is dedicated to increasing knowledge of the subject by presenting material appearing in all three of these journals.