Can big pharma be sustainable? Prof. Giovanna Bosica and her team are trying to find out. This is no easy task, but step by step, they are reimagining what the field could look like.
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Bees, pesticides, and better food
‘Until now, we have been destroying our planet. We have been abusing it as if we have a spare one.’ These were the words of António Guterres, the UN secretary general, speaking to global leaders at the One Planet summit in Paris. This year, he emphasised, must be the year that humanity is reconciled with nature.
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Researchers are taking inspiration from the dynamic nature of life to create synthetic systems that behave in new ways. Dr Maria Cardona spent her PhD developing a structure that imitates parts of a biological cell. Words by Emma Clarke
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