Biotech & pharma

Move towards 'holy grail' of computing by creation of brain-like photonic microchips

28 Sep 2017

CCMB to develop diagnostic kit for Sickle Cell Anaemia

23 Sep 2017

Study uncovers markers for severe form of multiple sclerosis

20 Sep 2017

Why we did not evolve to live forever: Unveiling the mystery of why we age

Why we did not evolve to live forever: Unveiling the mystery of why we age

19 Sep 2017

Researchers in Germany, have made a breakthrough in understanding the origin of the ageing process, which provides some of the first clear evidence for how the ageing process arises as a quirk of evolution

A fat-regulating enzyme could hold the key to obesity, diabetes, cancer, other diseases

19 Sep 2017

A fat-regulating enzyme could hold the key to obesity, diabetes, cancer, other diseases

18 Sep 2017

Bacteria zapped with antibiotics in space show shapeshifting ability

14 Sep 2017

Australian researchers use seaweed to heal brain tissue

13 Sep 2017

Brain activity between seizures informs potential treatment for childhood absence epilepsy

13 Sep 2017

Researchers find 'internal clock' within live human cells

12 Sep 2017

Cilia: 'The bouncer' of bacteria

11 Sep 2017

Climate change leading to disastrous loss of parasite species

08 Sep 2017

Research shows how DNA molecules cross nanopores

06 Sep 2017

Scientists discover and target brain area in patients with schizophrenia who 'hear voices'

05 Sep 2017

Biologists find new source for brain's development

04 Sep 2017

Virus hijacks cell's transportation system

02 Sep 2017

Breakthrough CAR-T treatment for leukaemia gets FDA nod

Breakthrough CAR-T treatment for leukaemia gets FDA nod

31 Aug 2017

Novartis is charging $475,000 for the custom-made "living drug" therapy, which leaves 83 per cent of people free of a type of blood cancer

Antibiotic resistance rises in 'lonely' mutating microbes

28 Aug 2017

Magic enzymes

26 Aug 2017

Finding what fuels the 'runaway train' of autoimmune disease

26 Aug 2017

Scientists uncover a deadly 'addiction' in esophageal cancer

23 Aug 2017

From thousands of suspects, Yale researchers ferret out cancer-causing genes

22 Aug 2017

New Pathology Atlas maps genes in cancer to accelerate progress in personalized medicine

19 Aug 2017

A new method for the 3-D printing of living tissues

16 Aug 2017

From thousands of suspects, researchers ferret out cancer-causing genes

16 Aug 2017