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The Side Effects of Vaccines – How High is the Risk?
Vaccines are one of our best tools to prevent dangerous diseases, but they come with side effects. So would it be safer not to vaccinate?
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Biosimilars: Complex Copycat Drugs
The patents on many well-known biological drugs will soon expire, giving drug developers the opportunity to make generic versions.
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Sickle Cell Disease – What Causes It and How Can It Be Treated?
What shape are your cells? Squishy cylinders? Jagged zig-zags? You might not spend a lot of time thinking about the bodies of these building blocks, but microscopically, small variations can have huge consequences.
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The Science of Survival in Game of Thrones
This is the world's first peer-reviewed journal article to investigate survival and mortality in Game of Thrones.
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Microfluidics Adventures Part 2: How To Build a Miniature World
In part two of "Microfluidics Adventures", brought to you by the Lutetium Project, Marie Boulez talks us through the major components of a microfluidics system, and shows us how to piece everything together.
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The Promise and Limits of Cancer Immunotherapy
A pioneer in cancer care treatment, oncologist Lennie Sender has a deep understanding of both the possibilities and limitations of harnessing the immune system to treat different types of cancer.
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"Particle" Robots: The Bio-inspired Bots That Move With No Brain
Researchers have built a robot made up of individual ‘particles’ that moves with no centralized control. The bots rely on the same kind of statistical mechanics that allows groups of cells to move, creating some intriguing possibilities.
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What Are Antibody–Drug Conjugates (ADCs)?
Antibody–drug conjugates or ADCs represent an innovative therapeutic application that combines the unique properties of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with the potent cell killing activity of cytotoxic small molecule drugs.
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"What is Apoptosis?" The Apoptotic Pathways and the Caspase Cascade
Apoptosis is an important cellular process that allows cells to die in a programmed fashion, essential for embryo development, homeostasis, and cancer development. This 3D animation provides an overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways involved and demonstrates how activation of the caspase cascade occurs.
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Microfluidics Adventures Part 1: Physics at the Microscale
In part one of "Microfluidics Adventures," brought to you by the Lutetium Project, Marie Boulez sets the scene and explains why it is so compelling to make products smaller, from a theoretical point of view. This first part of the three-part series will help you understand the physics concepts that are fundamental to microfluidics.
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