Has leukaemia met its Waterloo?
Has leukaemia met its match? Avocados shows promising cytotoxic activity against acute myeloid leukaemia.
Nigel Chaffey
600 posts
I am a Botanist and former Senior Lecturer in Botany at Bath Spa University (Bath, near Bristol, UK). As News Editor for the Annals of Botany I contributed the monthly Plant Cuttings column to that in
© 2026 Botany One. Published with Ghost
Composites bounce back into favour…
Could members of the daisy family, dandelions and lettuces, hold the key to future rubber self-sufficiency?
Botanists on the move
We reveal a traveling merry-go-round and highlight the exploits of some of our fellow botanists!
Bearded bardic botanist, bruised but not bested?
Could the mysterious portrait of a bearded man within a botany herbal be none-other than the greatest English writer William Shakespeare?
Illuminating the mesocosm…
Constant light sources during the night have profound consequences on aphid populations in grassland ecosystems
Cures: Ancient and Modern…
Ancient medical text books may hold the key to fighting many modern diseases.
![Image: Klomp et al., Biology Letters 10: 20140743, 2014. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0776]](/content/images/size/w2000/botany-one/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/03-july-sized-centre-over-column.jpg)
Looks like leaf-like lizards live longer
Draco cornutus lizards live longer thanks to leaf-like colouration and mimicry.
Stay in the loop.
Sign up to receive updates and the latest news from Botany One.
Your email