Business Digest
US RNAi therapeutics company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and healthcare major Sanofi have agreed to conclude the research and option phase of their collaboration.
Movers and Shakers
UK biotech Artios Pharma has appointed Eli Lilly’s ex-senior medical director Ian Smith as CMO.
Alcohol fuels a problem
The production of wine and beer goes back millennia, spirits have been distilled since the 9th century, and surgery has relied on it as disinfectant and anaesthetic.
The protein maker
More than three billion years ago, a self-replicating polymer now known as RNA started catalysing the formation of peptide bonds.
The universe – it’s complex
To gain a grasp of the inherent complexity of our world is not as difficult a task as it may appear at first sight.
3D printed heart patches
Researchers have created a 3D printed heart from a bioink made of a hydrogel and heart cells.
Applied Chemistry
Rubbery ‘smart’ material Researchers in the Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science, US, have developed a new kind of shape memory polymer.
Bacterial fix for potholes
Mixing bacteria into concrete can prevent damage to roads from de-icing salt
Biomedical
A combination of groups led by Schoichet, Roth, and Irvine performed a massive virtual screening exercise
Coatings concerns
A recent EU study has shown the hugely disproportionate and crippling cost of implementing the new.