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The Biochemical Society engages with science policy through consultations, position statementsevents, and addressing key issues such as those facing women in science.

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Water governs cell movement
20 May 2013

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have shown how the cells in our bodies are driven mainly by water power – a discovery that in the long run opens the way for a new strategy in cancer therapy.


New approaches to cancer treatment
17 May 2013

Biologists at Heidelberg University have discovered new approaches for the treatment of cancer. They investigated how a special signalling molecule, the epidermal growth factor (EGF), stimulates the separation of chromosomes in the cell.