Biology & Life Sciences

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Reason December 2007 Ronald Bailey	X Crops Anti-biotech activists continue to fret about the possible dangers of such foods. Yet they ignore the less controlled reshuffling of genes that occurs through the more widespread and longstanding practice of mutation breeding.
Chemistry World December 11, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Chemists Fake Virus Capsids Scientists have made molecular 'tiles' that stick together, mimicking the football-like outer shell of a virus. Such self-assembling molecular capsules would be big enough to hold drug molecules and could provide new ways to make nanoparticles.
Chemistry World December 7, 2007 Michael Gross	Haem's Secret Life as a Hormone Exposed Researchers in the US have found that haem, the iron-containing molecule best known for its role as the oxygen-carrier in haemoglobin, may act as a hormone.
Chemistry World December 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Acrylamide Cancer Link Confirmed A study has for the first time confirmed the proposed link between dietary intake of acrylamide and cancer -- five years after the suspected carcinogen was detected in cooked food.
Chemistry World December 5, 2007 Ananyo Bhattacharya	Structural Snapshot Shows Monster Protein A structural snapshot of a protein capsule has revealed details of the largest cellular component ever imaged by x-ray crystallography.
Chemistry World December 5, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	Water Cleaning Membrane Shows Hybrid Vigour Scientists in the US have combined naturally-occurring channel proteins with a new polymer to create a membrane that could be used to deliver drugs or purify water.
Chemistry World December 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Polymer Chemistry Tackles Implant Concerns Advances in polymer chemistry could help resolve safety concerns surrounding body implants, such as stents to hold open clogged arteries, scientists heard at the Materials Research Society Fall meeting.
Chemistry World December 3, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Cancer Drug Gets a Makeover Scientists in the US have used a new drug design strategy to remove the cardiac side-effects of a popular cancer drug. The approach could help make other cancer treatments safer, researchers say.
Chemistry World December 2007 Derek Lowe	Column: In the Pipeline The challenge of biologics.
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Robb Mandelbaum	Model Stomach Takes Digestion Outside the Body Why food engineers, pharmaceutical companies, and organic farmers are lining up for the artificial organ.
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