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Metal-on-metal hip replacement is a treatment for “wear and tear” arthritis (osteoarthritis) – one of the commonest diseases in the world. These ...
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Battlefield use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons has generated considerable controversy because of the potential long-term effects on the ...
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Framework structures are molecular cages which are capable of selectively trapping atoms, ions and molecules within the cage. Materials that adopt ...
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Peptoids are analogues of α-peptides where the backbone is achiral due to the proteinogenic side chains being relocated from the α-C to the amide ...
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The two prototypical members of the Fibroblast growth factors (FGF) family, FGF-1 and-2, have fundamentally distinct binding requirements and the ...
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Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are molecular structures, constructed from metal cations linked by organic molecules. They have recently shown ...
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Cancer comes in many forms, but it is characterised by cells rapidly dividing out of control. Chemotherapy refers to a group of drugs which use a ...
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Extending our knowledge of how magnetic materials behave on an atomic scale has led to considerable technological advances, particularly in the ...
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Researchers into from Imperial College London and Harvard University have used Diamond to solve a 20-year-old puzzle about how HIV establishes ...
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MX beamlines are extremely powerful instruments for solving the structure of proteins. There are nearly 100 operational Macromolecular ...
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Breaks in DNA cause a cascade of intercellular responses including the activation of the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 (MRN) complex. This complex attaches ...
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A critical step involved in regulating the cytoskeleton and cell signalling is the activation of Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), ...
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Porous materials are important in a wide range of applications including catalysis and storage of gases such as carbon dioxide, a major ...
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Orthovanadates have recently emerged as promising optical materials for birefringent solid-state laser applications. They can be also used in a ...
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Rotaxanes are tiny molecular structures where a central straight molecule passes through a macrocycle, making a molecular machine in the shape of ...
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How can a disease that affects one species such as birds transfer to another such as humans? In the case of influenza, the answer could lie in a ...
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EphA4 is a protein which is attached to the surfaces of many types of human cells and plays a role in a wide range of biological processes. EphA4 ...
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Understanding how viruses such as HIV function is vital in the search for more effective antiviral medicines, as well as opening up novel ...
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Since the Stone Age humans have been adept at selecting materials for specific tasks based on the material’s properties. With the discovery of ...
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The self-assembly of peptides into fibrils is commonly observed. Such fibrils may have biological roles and may also be useful in nanotechnology ...
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