Biochemistry and molecular biology
Akira Endo obituary
Japanese biochemist whose work on fungal extracts led to the creation of the first statin
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’
Could a fungus trigger a Last of Us-style apocalypse? The author of What If Fungi Win? says despite dangers, the organisms are of great use to science
Other lives
John Midgley obituaryOther lives: Biochemist whose research contributed greatly to the understanding of various thyroid conditions
Is the 100-year old TB vaccine a new weapon against Alzheimer’s?
Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Karikó review – real-life lessons in chemistry
Sickly sweet: how our sugar-coated cells helped humanity turn illness into evolution
Scientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win medicine Nobel prize
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman share £823,000 prize announced by Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
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Hugh White obituaryOther Lives: Scientist who spent his career at University College London, teaching and researching cellular biochemistry
Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’
Study suggests antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth breeds bacteria more resistant to our natural defences
Paul Berg obituary
Nobel prizewinning biochemist who was a pioneer in the field of genetic engineering
Scientists reveal new lines of attack to raise cancer survival rate
Targeting non-cancerous cells in tumours could open up new frontiers in fight against the disease
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Bad weather is good for you: take a walk in the wind and rainWax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastic bags, scientists discover
Patients with Covid and flu double the risk of dying, say scientists
There have been calls for those hospitalised with the coronavirus to be routinely test for influenza after new research revealed an increased mortality rate for those with both conditions
First patients of pioneering CAR T-cell therapy ‘cured of cancer’
Cancer-killing cells still present 10 years on, with results suggesting therapy is a cure for certain blood cancers
How antivirals provide hope to vulnerable Covid patients
Pfizer says its recently approved Paxlovid drug has almost 90% success in preventing severe illness if taken soon after infection
‘Amazing science’: researchers find xenobots can give rise to offspring
Xenobots are synthetic lifeforms made by cells from frog embryos and assembling them into clusters
Oxford Covid biotech firm makes stellar debut on London stock market
Other lives
Gavin Vinson obituary
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