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Vitamin D status of pregnant women linked to muscle strength of offspring

A woman’s vitamin D status during pregnancy could be positively associated with the muscle strength of her offspring, according to a study by Southampton researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2014;99:330).…

A varied yet grounded career in pharmacy practice

Royal Pharmaceutical Society fellow Deborah Evans has found her career to be continually rewarding.…

Pharmacogenomics — the key to developing personalised medicines

In our final “-omics” science article, Hamde Nazar takes a look at research and development in the field of pharmacogenomics and its importance in medicine today…

Bridging the gap between genetics and biochemistry: the science of proteomics

Kalliopi Dodou and Paul Whiteley describe the study and analysis of the proteome in this month’s -omics science article…

Intrathecal route of drug delivery can save lives or improve quality of life

In our final science article for 2012 on pharmaceutics, Kalliopi Dodou takes a look at the less commonly used intrathecal route of drug delivery…

Research and development in novel injectable formulations and devices

In this month’s science article on pharmaceutics, Hamde Nazar takes a look at new injectable devices and injectable drug formulations on the market…

Moving from the community to hospital

Heena Bhakta recently moved from community pharmacy practice to hospital. In this article, she describes her experiences and the differences between hospital and community pharmacy…

The technology and techniques used in the detection of pathogenic bacteria

In our latest science article, Paul W Groundwater, Adam Todd, Alan J Worsley and Roz J Anderson give an introduction to some of the methods used in bacterial detection and explain how these methods could impact on the future of antibiotic prescribing.…