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Breathe easy for cancer diagnosis
20 November 2009
A painless breath test can identify trace gases emitted by malignant cells
Modelling viruses to kill cancer
17 November 2009
Computational studies of virus behaviour in tumours could lead to more effective cancer treatments
Issue 12 2009 Highlights in Chemical Biology now published
12 November 2009
Drawing together coverage from all RSC publications, providing an overview of the latest developments in chemical biology
Instant insight: Reactions in droplets
09 November 2009
Microfluidic droplets could become the reaction vessels of choice for much of biological research say Yolanda Schaerli and Florian Hollfelder
Interview: Sweet Science
05 November 2009
David Jakeman talks about carbohydrates, drugs and meeting Darwin. Interview by Nicola Wise
Single-base DNA resolution
04 November 2009
A fluorescent probe sensitive to differences at the single-base-level of DNA has been created by researchers in Japan
Sticky polymers for wound healing
23 October 2009
Promise for tissue regeneration therapy as temperature-responsive gels help move cells from A to B
Culture clash for good and bad bacteria
23 October 2009
Lab-on-a-chip that co-cultures cells from the human gut offers screening for probiotics
A piece in the puzzle of bismuth toxicology
21 October 2009
Liver cells transform inorganic bismuth into potentially toxic methylated species
Strategic screening for drugs
16 October 2009
US scientists are targeting an enzyme essential to bacterial metabolism in the search for new antibiotics
Interview: Evolving evolution
14 October 2009
Frances Arnold is using evolution to improve on nature's designs
