Biotech & pharma
How Zygotes Sort Out Imprinted Genes
By By Scott LaFee | 17 Feb 2012
Could “Love Hormone” Help Treat Depression?
By By Debra Kain | 14 Feb 2012
Exercise triggers stem cells in muscle
09 Feb 2012
Purdue scientists reveal how bacteria build homes inside healthy cells
By By Elizabeth K. Gardner | 09 Feb 2012
Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 09 Feb 2012
Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images
08 Feb 2012
US - Israeli scientists have developed a “biological computer” made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering images encrypted on DNA chips
Straight from the gut: Microbes can cause obesity
By By Helen Dodson | 04 Feb 2012
Metabolic errors can spell doom for DNA
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 01 Feb 2012
Many critical cell functions depend on a class of molecules called purines, which form half of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, and are a major component of the chemicals that store a cell’s energy. MIT biological engineers have precisely measured the effects of errors in systems for purine production and breakdown
Genetic breakthrough for brain cancer in children
31 Jan 2012
Research team identifies two mutations in crucial gene involved in deadly paediatric brain tumours
Researchers induce Alzheimer’s neurons from pluripotent stem cells
By By Scott LaFee | 27 Jan 2012
For the first time scientists have created stem cell-derived, in vitro models of sporadic and hereditary Alzheimer’s, using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with the neurodegenerative disorder