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Chemistry World February 14, 2006 Jon Evans	Successful Collagen Synthesis Comes to a Sticky End U.S. chemists have sythesised collagen fibers with dimensions similar to the natural protein, leading the researchers to predict the advent of the `bionic man'.
Chemistry World February 13, 2006	Nanoparticles Detect Cell Suicide Plans Researchers have developed a nanotechnological assay for detecting programmed cell death. The technique is effective in cell cultures, they report, and might eventually be used in humans.
HBS Working Knowledge February 13, 2006 Manda Salls	The Hidden Market for Babies Harvard professor Debora L. Spar discusses the research behind her book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006	"Economists Suffer from Physics Envy" In search of a better economics theory, MIT's Andrew Lo says evolutionary dynamics could shed light on why investors behave as they do
Chemistry World February 10, 2006 Jon Evans	Medical Future for Tiny Quantum Dots U.S. researchers have crossed a milestone in biological imaging by developing quantum dots small enough to pass from the blood stream into bodily tissue.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 John Carey	Skip Your Veggies? Not So Fast A new study questions low-fat diets. The real story is more complicated and highlights the fact that the detailed methods of a study are crucial, and their limitations are often glossed over.
Chemistry World February 7, 2006 Jon Evans	Plant-Derived Drug Approved in US Dow AgroSciences has become the first biotech firm to gain US regulatory approval for a plant-derived drug. The company claims it will be able to manufacture many other vaccines, for animal and human diseases, using its plant-based production technology.
Chemistry World February 3, 2006 Simon Hadlington	High Throughput Screening for Kinase Inhibitors Researchers have developed a system for assessing the activity of a crucial class of enzymes involved in cellular signalling pathways.
Chemistry World February 2, 2006 Jon Evans	Researchers Put Bioenergetics Into Biomagnification A mathematical model developed by researchers is set to improve understanding of how persistent organic pollutants accumulate in different animal species.
Chemistry World February 2006 Michael Gross	Cupid's Chemistry Scientists are beginning to make some sense of romantic love through modern imaging techniques and a multidisciplinary approach involving geneticists, biochemists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others.
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