Clear science, from cell to signal.
Britain's laboratories and museums hold a remarkable share of the discoveries that founded modern signalling science. This tour through five landmark achievements — and the places you can still visit today — traces how cAMP, kinases and more changed medicine, and where UK-funded research is heading next.
Viewing the body's chemical messengers through the lens of a national postal service, this explainer follows a signal from its point of origin to its final destination. Ideal preparation for A-level and undergraduate examinations, with examples drawn directly from UK exam specifications.
Cancer is often described as uncontrolled growth, but at the molecular level it is a failure of communication. This article traces how mutations in receptors such as EGFR and downstream proteins like RAS convert a carefully regulated dialogue into permanent, growth-driving static.
Beta blockers, SSRIs, statins and other everyday prescriptions all work by adjusting the same signalling pathways students meet in the textbook. This accessible guide connects the molecules in your local pharmacy to the receptors and cascades they quietly manage.