Biotech & pharma
Hope for powerful new C Diff. treatment
20 Sep 2011
Scientists 'disarm' HIV in step towards vaccine
20 Sep 2011
Fail-safe system may lead to cures for inherited disorders
By By Scott LaFee | 17 Sep 2011
Scientists find a previously unknown fail-safe pathway potentially protects the brain and other organs from genetic and environmental threats
A call to arms for synthetic biology
15 Sep 2011
Scientists synthesise one arm of yeast chromosome, develop new method for "scrambling" DNA
New hope for hepatitis C vaccine
15 Sep 2011
Invention unravels mystery of protein folding
15 Sep 2011
Cancer-killing cells caught on film in greater 3D detail than before
14 Sep 2011
Scientists reveal how a type of white blood cells, called Natural Killer cells, protect the body from tumours and virus-infected cells
Men also wired for childcare
14 Sep 2011
New hope for HIV vaccine
10 Sep 2011
Bacteria shed light on new drug targets for inherited cancers
09 Sep 2011
Scientists have succeeded in purifying a protein found in bacteria that could reveal new drug targets for inherited breast and ovarian cancers as well as other cancers linked to DNA repair faults