Biotech & pharma
Spiders at the nanoscale: molecules that behave like robots
23 Jun 2010
A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have programmed an autonomous molecular "robot" made out of DNA to start, move, turn, and stop while following a DNA track
New pancreatic cancer mechanism discovered
19 Jun 2010
Faulty Gene Stops Cell ‘Antennae’ From Transmitting
By Debra Kain | 03 Jun 2010
Newly discovered kinase may hold key to spread of cancer cells
03 Jun 2010
Researchers say novel enzyme may provide new target for future anticancer therapies. By Scott Lafee
India's first dental stem cell bank launched
27 May 2010
India's first dental stem cell bank launched
27 May 2010
Study uncovers optimal ecology of bio-insecticide
25 May 2010
BBSRC funded researchers at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University of London have discovered that the commonly used and naturally occurring bacterial insecticide
New microscopy technique reveals mechanics of blood cell membranes
21 May 2010
Thanks to an interdisciplinary team of researchers, scientists now have a more complete understanding of one of the human body’s most vital structures: the red blood cell.
Lessons from the brain: toward an intelligent molecular computer
20 May 2010
A team of researchers from Japan and Michigan Technological University has built a molecular computer using lessons learned from the human brain.
Lessons from the brain: toward an intelligent molecular computer
20 May 2010
A team of researchers from Japan and Michigan Technological University has built a molecular computer using lessons learned from the human brain.
Biologists unravel mechanisms of immune cell movements
By By Kim McDonald | 18 May 2010
A team of biologists has uncovered the biochemical processes within these immune cells that allow them to speed their way to bacteria and the sites of wounds and infections, often causing inflammation By Kim McDonald