Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World April 4, 2007 John Bonner	Antibiotic Combinations Tackle Resistance Using combinations of certain antimicrobial compounds can favor the growth of non-resistant strains of bacteria at the expense of resistant ones. The surprising finding may provide a general strategy to help eradicate strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapy.
Chemistry World April 2, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Nucleic Acid Aids Clotting Researchers say they may have solved one of biochemistry's bloodier conundrums - the physiological reason why blood coagulates in the presence of 'foreign' surfaces such as glass.
Chemistry World April 2, 2007	European Generics Suppliers Hit Generics drug manufacturers have lost a slice of their market with the reinstatement of a European patent covering Merck's multi-billion-dollar osteoporosis drug, Fosamax.
Managed Care March 2007 Thomas Morrow	An Absorbable Polyester Material Holds Great Promise Beyond Its Primary Use as a New Type of Surgical Suture The impact of this PHA recombinant polymer and the process to manufacture it is likely to be immense because of its potential use in heart valve replacement and organ, tendon, and ligament harvesting.
Chemistry World April 2007 Jon Evans	Better, Stronger, Faster In the 1970s, the idea of building a bionic man was merely fantastical. Now we have bionic eyes and limbs, and chemists are creating artificial bodily tissues to rival nature's own.
Chemistry World April 2007 Derek Lowe	Opinion: In the Pipeline Natural products can be ridiculously complicated. The sheer difficulty of the enterprise is traditionally what made pharmaceutical companies hire people who had worked in total synthesis. But, is total synthesis research still worth the effort?
Chemistry World April 2007 Philip Ball	Opinion: The Crucible Copper doorknobs could be the latest - and oldest - way to beat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The microbe dies within an hour of so on copper surfaces, whereas the bacteria survive for days on stainless steel.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Willie D. Jones	Termites in Your Tank Could the microbes that bugs use to digest wood be the answer to economic ethanol production?
Chemistry World March 27, 2007 Arthur Rogers	Harmonising Pharmaceutical Quality Worldwide A new headquarters incorporating 1800 square meters of laboratory space was inaugurated recently, offering state-of-the-art accommodation and technical facilities for the European Pharmacopoeia's 160 personnel, of whom half are scientists.
Chemistry World March 26, 2007 John Bonner	Termites' Enzyme Anomaly Japanese researchers have discovered a previously unknown method used by termites to digest cellulose. The discovery offers a novel source of enzymes to assist in the production of biofuels, they suggest.
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