Biotech & pharma

Researchers create 'evolved' protein that may stop cancer from spreading

01 Oct 2014

Protein ‘map’ could lead to potent new cancer drugs

26 Sep 2014

'Stripe' manual provides fresh insights for tissue and organ development

25 Sep 2014

Battling superbugs

Battling superbugs

23 Sep 2014

In recent years, new strains of bacteria have emerged that resist even the most powerful antibiotics. Two new technologies could enable novel strategies for combating drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers make new discovery about 3-D shape processing in the brain

23 Sep 2014

Sensing neuronal activity with light

22 Sep 2014

Gene variant that dramatically reduces ‘bad’ lipids

20 Sep 2014

Researchers discover what lies behind the death of stem cells

20 Sep 2014

Researchers develop improved means of detecting mismatched DNA

18 Sep 2014

3D model shows survival strategies of bacteria

17 Sep 2014

Small molecule acts as 'on-off' switch for nature's antibiotic factory

16 Sep 2014

Scientists create new type of stem cells in lab

15 Sep 2014

Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases

10 Sep 2014

Creating brain cells from skin to study Alzheimer’s

08 Sep 2014

Seeing protein synthesis in the field

Seeing protein synthesis in the field

08 Sep 2014

Bacteria hijack plentiful iron supply source to flourish

04 Sep 2014

Researchers try to make sure herpes does not find a home

02 Sep 2014

Researchers use new technique to shed light on inherited diseases

02 Sep 2014

Gene linked to development of glaucoma

02 Sep 2014

New tool to probe cancer’s molecular make-up

02 Sep 2014

Evolution used similar molecular toolkits to shape flies worms and humans

Evolution used similar molecular toolkits to shape flies worms and humans

01 Sep 2014

Although separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, humans share ancient patterns of gene expression with  flies  and worms,  according to a massive Yale-led analysis of genomic data

Researchers uncover secrets of newborn neurons

01 Sep 2014

Stem cells reveal how illness-linked genetic variation affects neurons

30 Aug 2014

How to rejuvenate ageing immune cells

30 Aug 2014

Fully functional immune organ grown in mice from lab-created cells

Fully functional immune organ grown in mice from lab-created cells

28 Aug 2014

Scientists have for the first time grown a complex, fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory. The advance could in future aid the development of ‘lab-grown’ replacement organs