Biotech & pharma

Australia’s top court rules human genes not patentable inventions

08 Oct 2015

Drugs disguised as human platelets target cancer

01 Oct 2015

New test detects all viruses that infect people, animals

30 Sep 2015

The test is so sensitive that it detects variant strains of viruses that are closely related genetically

Why some smokers have healthy lungs

30 Sep 2015

Viruses are alive and deserve place on tree of life: Study

30 Sep 2015

Research identifies new gene that causes osteoporosis

24 Sep 2015

Scientists customise viruses to kill bacteria

24 Sep 2015

DNA sequencing to improve treatment of urinary infections

21 Sep 2015

Researchers reawaken sleeping HIV in patient cells to eliminate the virus

11 Sep 2015

Scientists create implant to capture cancer cells spreading in body

11 Sep 2015

Expert group supports human gene modification research

11 Sep 2015

A network of researchers says genetic modification of human embryos, though controversial, is essential to understand the biology of early embryos

Making nanowires from protein and DNA

09 Sep 2015

Antibody-making bacteria promise drug development

08 Sep 2015

Biomarker helps predict survival time in gastric cancer patients

08 Sep 2015

Discovery of trigger for bugs’ defences could lead to new antibiotics

04 Sep 2015

Researchers study using nanotechnology to fight cancer

02 Sep 2015

Protein plays key role in blocking pathogen survival

02 Sep 2015

Forever young? New gene research could block ageing

31 Aug 2015

New 'tissue velcro' could help repair damaged hearts

29 Aug 2015

Researchers reveal how a common mutation causes neurodegenerative disease

27 Aug 2015

Algorithm helps identify elusive genes that express like clockwork

27 Aug 2015

A paradigm shift in multidrug resistance

24 Aug 2015

Expression of a single gene lets scientists easily grow hepatitis C virus in the lab

22 Aug 2015

Capturing cell growth in 3-D

By By Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | 22 Aug 2015

Yale team sheds light on century-old biochemical mystery

18 Aug 2015