‘Venter creates synthetic life’ – should we be scared?
‘Venter creates synthetic life’ – should we be scared?
Green communication: getting the message across
Green chemistry has come a long way in the past decade and is now integral to the research and development of many new and ‘greener’ products in both industry and academia. Jennie Dodson Green che...
The biofuels agenda will not wait for miracles!
Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin – the most important medicine in the history of humankind – from the mould that grew on Staphylococcus aureus bacterium was completely by chance. It was the...
In defence of pharma
The European Commission published its preliminary report on the pharmaceutical sector at a set-piece event on 28 November in Brussels. Alan Johnson The European Commission published its preliminar...
Cashing in by spinning out
How many spinout companies do you think have been formed by UK universities in the past 10 years? Two or three hundred, perhaps, given the strength of the university technology transfer system? Macus...