Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World July 6, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Speedy algal wound response revealed Scientists have uncovered a biochemical pathway that enables a remarkable marine alga to rapidly heal itself after it has been wounded.
Chemistry World	Fishing for Chemical Answers to Biological Questions James K. Chen talks about chemical biology, his love for the outdoors and fly fishing.
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Mike Brown	Copper signals a colourful past Trace elements found in over 100 million-year-old fossil samples have helped to uncover the colourful past of some prehistoric species, according to an international collaboration of scientists.
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Laura Howes	Chemically evolved bacteria European scientists have created an Escherichia coli strain with a separate genome using chlorinated DNA.
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Holly Sheahan	Surgeons and patients breathe easy during surgery UK scientists have developed a way of continuously analysing the breath of unconscious patients undergoing surgery using mass spectrometry.
Chemistry World June 27, 2011 Laura Howes	Mystery of How Plutonium Enters Cells Solved US scientists have found a cellular uptake pathway for plutonium, confirming a previous hypothesis, but with a caveat.
Chemistry World June 23, 2011 Hayley Birch	Dinosaur smile reveals secret to staying cool The levels of rare carbon and oxygen isotopes in fossilised dinosaur teeth suggest that some dinosaurs had body temperatures comparable to modern mammals.
Chemistry World June 23, 2011 Elinor Richards	One in the eye for diabetes A team in Canada has made a device that could be implanted behind the eye to release drugs on demand to treat retinal damage caused by diabetes.
Chemistry World June 21, 2011 Carol Stanier	Nanotubes Inject Stroke Therapy Into Rats' Brains Carbon nanotubes act as a delivery vehicle for small pieces of RNA that help to prevent cell death in the brain after stroke.
Chemistry World June 20, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Chatty Nanoparticles Signal the Attack on Tumours Researchers in the US have shown how drugs can be directed to a tumour using two different nanoparticles that can talk to each other.
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