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Chemistry World July 28, 2011 Carol Stanier	Spotlight on Polymerisation to Repair Damaged Faces To repair scarred facial tissue, US scientists have developed a minimally invasive repair method combining natural and synthetic materials to form a tissue scaffold to help the body heal itself.
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Chemistry World October 8, 2008 Sarah Houlton	Artificial protein chemistry licensed to industry UK researchers are licensing to industry their method of making artificial proteins by chemically modifying individual amino acid structures.
Chemistry World August 10, 2009 James Urquhart	Stretching for reversible enzyme activation A new kind of biologically inspired nanomaterial that can be chemically turned on and off by mechanical stretching has been devised by French researchers.
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Chemistry World July 6, 2012	Protein power Tom Muir, professor of chemistry and molecular biology, Princeton University, US, is an expert in protein engineering and its application to studying cellular signalling networks.
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Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command.
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Chemistry World February 20, 2014 Laura Howes	Brent Sumerlin: Searching for a sweet response Brent Sumerlin is professor of chemistry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, US. His research concerns the identification, synthesis, and characterization of smart polymers for drug delivery.
Chemistry World August 26, 2008 Fred Campbell	High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester.
Chemistry World December 12, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Zwitterion approach to stabilizing drug proteins Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to stabilize and protect protein molecules without affecting the protein's biological activity.
Chemistry World May 1, 2014 Ned Stafford	Synthetic biology vision for Europe unveiled A new 'strategic vision' for synthetic biology has laid out the steps Europe needs to take in the next five to 10 year to nurture the field, with chemistry a key part of its strategy.
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Chemistry World September 4, 2013 Mark Peplow	Synthetic biology is bursting with life The field encompasses a vast array of research themes, from creating artificial life to engineering microbes to produce medicines or fuels. Through it all, though, runs a rich seam of chemistry.
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Chemistry World February 25, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Crystals of polystyrene Chemists in Japan and Italy have created a polymer-based material that has a crystalline structure. The material, which achieves its crystallinity with crosslinks between its polymer chains, is expected to have a high mechanical strength.
Chemistry World May 5, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Don't FRET over broken polymers Fluorescent proteins could one day help identify microscopic cracks and damage in polymer materials, allowing them to be monitored to prevent failure in load-bearing applications such as in aerospace and biomedical devices.
Chemistry World November 2006 Philip Ball	Opinion: The Crucible Here are some of the latest instalments in the ongoing story of how protein misfolding causes neurodegenerative diseases -- a story that is not solely about developing clinical treatments or preventative medicines, but which goes to the heart of proteins' role as the stuff of life.