All Comment articles – Page 13
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OpinionProtecting patients at all costs
Suffering stagnant output, and beset by patent expiries and spiralling costs, drug discovery is in poor health. Simon Campbell prescribes a remedy
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OpinionA warning for Iberoamerican science
Latin America’s scientific spring is in jeopardy says Carmelo Polino, as education systems fail a disinterested generation
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OpinionStanding up for chemistry
The RSC’s president, Lesley Yellowlees, sets out her ambitions for the coming years
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OpinionSilicone safety: the status quo
Public alarm over the use of silicone is unwarranted, says Alan Lansdown
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OpinionPlaying with water
Tom Waller discusses the science and technology that can help make the difference between swimming and winning
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OpinionProtecting the spirit of competition
Keeping sport clean requires a constant, concerted effort that carries on long after the race is run, says Michael Stow
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OpinionThe knowledge economy
Simon Coles proposes an alternative approach to sharing scientific information. For what it’s worth…
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OpinionSpanish science in crisis?
Reducing Spain’s science budget jeopardises decades of Spanish scientific progress says Nazario Martín
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Opinion21st century toxicology
Thomas Hartung discusses the next generation of toxicity testing and the regulatory science of the future
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Opinion
The Iron Lady
Howard Peters takes a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, an Oxford chemistry graduate who became the UK’s only female prime minister
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Opinion
Biotech's bravura performer
Bibiana Campos Seijo talks to scientist, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Chris Evans
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The complex paradox of science
Science can provide solutions for society, says Rutger van Santen, but only if it is given the freedom to find the unexpected
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Opinion
Be careful what you wish for
The struggle for a single unitary European patent may be close to an end, says Darren Smyth, but we must still hold out for an agreement that performs as it should
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Opinion
Integrity governance, a no brainer
Ireland must match recent research investment efforts with appropriate research integrity oversight or risk losing public support, says Maura Hiney
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Integrity begins at home
James Parry argues that safeguarding the integrity and quality of research is best achieved through cultural and not regulatory means