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To define the workings of cellular structures and molecules requires cutting-edge technology not only in biology and biochemistry, but also now in nanotechnology. Hayley M. Birch and Julie Clayton report.
Even though the pace of drug discovery is hotting up, many candidate drugs fail late in development. Caitlin Smith looks at some of the tools used early in drug discovery that could help improve the situation.
