Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World January 11, 2008 John Bonner	DNA Nanoparticles Detect Gene Expression US scientists have made nanoparticles from DNA that they say could be used to identify the genes being expressed in a single cell.
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Jonathan Edwards	Textbook Reaction Has a Subtle Twist The SN2 bimolecular nucleophilic substitution, a textbook reaction fundamental to organic synthesis, has a subtle twist, according to researchers.
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Proton Joins Elite Club of Cellular Messengers Researchers have discovered a new chemical that carries messages rapidly between cells - the first for more than 20 years. But unlike conventional signalling molecules, this is a far simpler chemical entity: it is the humble proton.
HBS Working Knowledge January 7, 2008 Julia Hanna	Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity Cadavers are a necessity for medical students and researchers, but the business of supplying this market is a touchy moral and ethical issue. Here are some strategies used by both academic and entrepreneurial organizations that deal in the dead.
Managed Care December 2007 Thomas Morrow	Human-Derived Clotting Agent Avoids Immunogenicity Evithrom may minimize some of the antibody production associated with bovine proteins, but the possibility of human viral infection exists.
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Elizabeth Svoboda	Scents and Sensibility "Sexual chemistry" is more than just a way of talking about heated attraction. Subtle chemical keys actually help determine who we fall for. But here comes news that our lifestyles may unwittingly undermine our natural sex appeal.
Chemistry World January 2, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Better Bugs for Brewing Butanol Researchers have developed a new way of hijacking microbe metabolism to produce long-chain alcohol fuels which are better petrol substitutes than ethanol.
Chemistry World December 19, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Snapshot of Proteins Linked to Autism Researchers in France and the US have caught on camera the gentle embrace between two proteins that sit on either side of the junction between nerve cells. It's this short circuit that has thought to cause some types of autism.
Reactive Reports Issue 71 David Bradley	DNA Nanorings A simple approach to making rigid DNA nanorings with tailor-made functionality has been developed by Michael Famulok and his team
Chemistry World December 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Semen Protein Raises HIV Infection Risk Scientists have identified a protein in human semen that increases the risk of HIV infection up to 100,000 fold. The discovery could provide new drug targets and strategies for combating the global AIDS epidemic.
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