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Swiss informatics firm Genedata and Intellicyt today announced an alliance to work on cell-based screening in drug discovery.

Albany Molecular Research (AMRI) and PerkinElmer are collaborating to provide drug discovery infrastructure and services in AMRI's newly launched drug discovery center.

JPK reports the exploration of living cells using nanoscale and single molecule techniques through the application of scanning probe microscopy.

Metagenomic sequencing has unearthed dozens of new bacterial phyla — forming an apparent radiation of miniscule microbes with streamlined genomes, irregular ribosomes, and an apparent inability to produce their own amino acids or nucleotides.

Up to one-fifth of human DNA act as dimmer switches for nearby genes, but scientists have long been unable to identify precisely which mutations in these genetic control regions really matter in causing common diseases.

For its fourth edition, the show welcomes a whole host of first time exhibitors, launches an educational theatre and introduces an exciting new feature.

More than 100 industry leading suppliers have already booked stands for Lab Innovations 2015, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November 2015.

The first successful transplant of a circadian rhythm into a naturally non–circadian species could lead to precisely timed release of drugs and other innovative therapeutic applications.

Proof that a 40-year-old algorithm for comparing genomes is the best possible will come as a relief to computer scientists.

Researchers have identified the molecular interactions that allow capsaicin to activate the body’s primary receptor for sensing heat and pain, paving the way for the design of more selective and effective drugs to relieve pain.