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Molecular BioSystems

Research at the interface between chemistry and the -omic sciences and systems biology.



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A methylated bismuth compound

A piece in the puzzle of bismuth toxicology

21 October 2009

Liver cells transform inorganic bismuth into potentially toxic methylated species


Bacillus subtilis

Strategic screening for drugs

16 October 2009

US scientists are targeting an enzyme essential to bacterial metabolism in the search for new antibiotics


A tumour subjected to radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and antiangiogenesis

Instant insight: Triple therapy to target tumours

12 October 2009

Good things come in threes when it comes to cancer therapy


A water flea, Daphnia magna

Taking fleas for a spin

06 October 2009

French scientists have taken NMR spectra of live water fleas


A biological cell in comparison with a synthetic mimic

Instant insight: Making synthetic cells

05 October 2009

Cell and organelle mimics typically perform one simple function. Frank Caruso and colleagues contemplate more complicated systems


Close up of wells on a chip containing cells and a fluorescent reporter

Screening genes from clones - fast

01 October 2009

A high throughput genetic screening method could lead to personalised treatment for genetic diseases, claim Swedish scientists


microfluidic droplet connector

Tiny droplets help separate tiny samples

25 September 2009

UK scientists use microdroplets to solve a crucial problem in proteomics


A polymer-protein micelle

A biological approach to drug delivery

21 September 2009

An all-in-one approach to prepare tumour-targeting polymer spheres has been developed by Korean scientists


Schematic diagram ARCUT

Cutting and pasting with the human genome

16 September 2009

A DNA cutting tool that can manipulate human genomic DNA could find use in gene therapy, say Japanese scientists


A kidney on a microfluidic device

Kidney on a chip

26 August 2009

Scientists in Korea are mimicking the conditions kidney cells experience in the body to grow the cells in a microfluidic device


Castor beans

Anti-terror antibodies

26 August 2009

European scientists have developed a method to detect potential biological warfare agents in food


MedChemComm image

New Journal Announced: MedChemComm

17 August 2009

A new journal focusing on medicinal chemistry research, launching in 2010.


A blood drop on a thumb and a microfluidic device

Potential for bedside medical diagnostics

17 August 2009

Numerous applications offered by time- and money-saving gadget


Impact factor 4.23

4.23 is new Impact Factor for Molecular BioSystems

24 June 2008

New impact factor for Molecular BioSystems is 4.23


Acoustic tweezers

Sound waves push particles

14 August 2009

Acoustic tweezers manipulate cells into patterns on a microchip


Heat map

Revealing the factors behind liver disease

12 August 2009

Array system tests hundreds of conditions to find those that lead to liver damage


Ichiro Hirao

Interview: Genetic alphabets

10 August 2009

Ichiro Hirao on nucleic acid research, expanding the genetic code and the possibility of creating new life


Amyloid beta peptide

Instant insight: Alzheimer's: untangling the facts

06 August 2009

Cures for Alzheimer's may come from understanding its chemistry. Arvi Rauk examines the disease at the molecular level


Cells containing proteins labelled with an enzyme-bound fluorophore

Harnessing enzymes for protein tagging

03 August 2009

Protein-probing molecules that work only inside cells have been developed by US scientists


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Red blood cells

Blood cells get active

24 July 2009

Cell boosting peptide could help diabetics