Biotech & pharma

Delivering genes across the blood-brain barrier

12 Feb 2016

Gene family turns cancer cells into aggressive stem cells that keep growing

06 Feb 2016

Bharat Biotech claims breakthrough in Zika vaccine development

03 Feb 2016

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has filed for global patent of two vaccine candidates - a recombinant vaccine and an inactivated vaccine - for Zika virus

Too-few proteins prompt nanoparticles to clump

01 Feb 2016

Study reveals subtle brain differences in men with autism

29 Jan 2016

Vital clues to future cancer development in normal breast tissue DNA

29 Jan 2016

Synthetic biologists use bacterial superglue for faster vaccine development

25 Jan 2016

Nanoparticles combine photodynamic and molecular therapies against pancreatic cancer

23 Jan 2016

Microbes take their vitamins - for the good of science

22 Jan 2016

DNA ‘building blocks’ pave the way for improved drug delivery

20 Jan 2016

Light-activated nanoparticles prove effective against antibiotic-resistant “superbugs”

19 Jan 2016

Weight loss, quitting smoking and giving up alcohol may be aided by hormones from our guts

15 Jan 2016

Scientists pinpoint one way nanoparticles damage immune cells

14 Jan 2016

US nod likely for growing human organs in animals

12 Jan 2016

By putting human DNA in animals like pigs and sheep, scientists hope to produce organs in the animals that can be transplanted into humans without rejection. But there are fears the animals could take on human traits, including intelligence