Biotech & pharma
World's first mechanical LVAD transplant performed
02 Nov 2010
The world's first lifesaving heart machine, left ventricular assisted device (LVAD), was successfully fitted to a patient by Dr. Jack Copeland, professor of surgery and director of cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at UC San Diego Health System
Researchers find a 'Liberal gene'
28 Oct 2010
Egg meets sperm: The female side of the story
27 Oct 2010
Response to alcohol depends on genes
20 Oct 2010
Stem cells repair damaged spinal cord tissue
20 Oct 2010
Depression linked to chronic brain inflammation
20 Oct 2010
No standard for placebos in drug trials
By By Debra Kain | 19 Oct 2010
On the trail of the epigenetic code
16 Oct 2010
Researchers find fats galore in human plasma
15 Oct 2010
Rutgers works on efficient, inexpensive plastic solar cells
13 Oct 2010
Researchers at Rutgers have discovered that energy-carrying particles generated by packets of light can travel on the order of a thousand times farther in organic semiconductors than scientists had previously observed
A red onion a day keeps heart disease away
08 Oct 2010
Father of IVF Robert G Edwards wins 2010 Nobel for medicine
04 Oct 2010
Edwards, who began working on the IVF process development in the 1950s, met with success on 25 July 1978, when the world's first 'test tube baby' was born