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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
Instant insight: Triple therapy to target tumours
12 October 2009
Good things come in threes when it comes to cancer therapy
Instant insight: Making synthetic cells
05 October 2009
Cell and organelle mimics typically perform one simple function. Frank Caruso and colleagues contemplate more complicated systems
Instant insight: Lighting up biology
04 September 2009
Jellyfish have changed science. Marc Zimmer sheds light on GFP and the research behind 2008's Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Instant insight: Alzheimer's: untangling the facts
06 August 2009
Cures for Alzheimer's may come from understanding its chemistry. Arvi Rauk examines the disease at the molecular level
Instant insight: True blue flowers
14 July 2009
What makes a purple pigment blue? The answer could lead to the elusive blue rose says Kumi Yoshida
Instant insight: Recognising antidepressants
10 June 2009
Kristian Strømgaard considers why a small change in an antidepressant can dramatically change its target in the brain
Instant insight: Squashing cancer cells
18 May 2009
Could stretching cells be the way to diagnose cancer? Claudia Brunner takes a biomechanical approach to medicine
Instant insight: What is metallomics?
08 April 2009
Amongst the '-omics' fields, metallomics is a relative newcomer. Ryszard Lobinski and colleagues provide their definition
Instant insight: Food for thought
26 February 2009
How much does our diet have an effect on human memory and learning? Jeremy Spencer considers the case of the flavonoids
Instant insight: Sorting perturbed proteins
05 February 2009
Ruth Nussinov and colleagues put their case for a more organised way of looking at protein allostery
Instant insight: Chemical connections
05 January 2009
Building a protein can be likened to a jigsaw puzzle. Stephen Kent puts the pieces together
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