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Bethan Hughes investigates how the Chinese government's efforts to boost innovation have resulted in drug discovery research collaborations between Chinese academic institutions and multinational pharmaceutical companies.
Metabolism in cancer cells differs from that in normal cells, but it is only recently that opportunities to specifically target these differences to develop novel anticancer drugs are being revealed. Jim Schnabel investigates new collaborations to harness this potential.