Biotech & pharma
24 new genes for nearsightedness identified
11 Feb 2013
Engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory, logic
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 11 Feb 2013
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results, which are encoded in the cell’s DNA and passed on for dozens of generations
For drug makers, new 3-D control opens wealth of options
By By Eric Gershon | 09 Feb 2013
Even adaptable viruses have trouble surviving erratic temperatures
By By Bill Hathaway | 04 Feb 2013
Conventional wisdom on how stress-response protein works countered
By By Kim Irwin | 02 Feb 2013
'Psychic cells': scientists discover cells can communicate through physical barriers
By By Kim Irwin | 02 Feb 2013
Scientists have discovered a possible method by which cancer cells and dying cells communicate with nearby normal nerve cells without being physically connected to them
'Rhythm' of protein folding encoded in RNA, Stanford biologists find
By By Max McClure | 30 Jan 2013
Cells ‘flock’ to heal wounds
30 Jan 2013
Genetic landscape of common brain tumours holds key to personalized treatment
By By Bill Hathaway | 29 Jan 2013
Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumour can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes