Biotech & pharma
Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materials
01 Aug 2011
Beefing up muscles can reduce diabetes risk
29 Jul 2011
Now, gastric bypass surgery to shed weight
27 Jul 2011
A growing number of obese patients are choosing to undergo bariatric surgery in order to lose weight
Are cancers newly evolved species?
27 Jul 2011
Tumour cells go against the flow
By By Alissa Mallinson, Mechanical Engineering | 23 Jul 2011
Microfluidic model helps explain how fluid’s flow in bodily tissue influences tumour cell migration.
Mapping of 'sixth nucleotide' in embryonic stem cells indicates it may activate genes
By By Kim Irwin | 23 Jul 2011
The finding by researchers may prove to be important in controlling diseases like cancer, in which the regulation of certain genes plays a role in disease development.
New lung cancer gene found
20 Jul 2011
The biology behind alcohol-induced blackouts
20 Jul 2011
Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes
19 Jul 2011
Newly Developed Fluorescent Protein Makes Internal Organs Visible
18 Jul 2011
The new probe could prove to be a breakthrough in whole-body imaging allowing doctors to non-invasively monitor the growth of tumours in order to assess the effectiveness of anti-cancer therapies
Scientists unlock secrets of potato plant genome
11 Jul 2011
First successful transplant of a synthetic tissue-engineered windpipe
08 Jul 2011
For the first time in history, a patient has been given a new trachea made from a synthetic scaffold seeded with his own stem cells.