Biotech & pharma

Researchers find mechanism that clears excess of a pancreatic protein linked with Type 2 diabetes

25 Jul 2014

Yale study finds some aggressive tumours silence genes that fight cancer

24 Jul 2014

Biology behind schizophrenia

22 Jul 2014

Potential new target for antibiotics against E coli

22 Jul 2014

Researchers uncover new cancer cell vulnerability

19 Jul 2014

Scientists trying gene therapy to create biological pacemaker

17 Jul 2014

Immune cells found to prevent bone marrow transplant rejection

16 Jul 2014

Does cat poop parasite play a role in curing cancer?

16 Jul 2014

Biomarker predicts effectiveness of brain cancer treatment

14 Jul 2014

Cornell Professor proves textbooks wrong on steroid protein

11 Jul 2014

New genetic variant linked to risk of stroke and heart attack

05 Jul 2014

Why birds don’t spread Lassa fever

04 Jul 2014

Researchers regrow human corneas; could reverse blindness

Researchers regrow human corneas; could reverse blindness

04 Jul 2014

Boston researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule that acts as a marker for hard-to-find limbal stem cells

New study reveals complex speech networks in the brain

New study reveals complex speech networks in the brain

03 Jul 2014

NMR provides fresh atomic insights into a key protein that helps repair DNA

NMR provides fresh atomic insights into a key protein that helps repair DNA

03 Jul 2014

Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a protein that identifies and repairs cancerous cells operates

How ageing can intensify damage of spinal cord injury

03 Jul 2014

Controlling movement with light

By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 30 Jun 2014

Research finds cell division synchronised to cell and body’s daily clock

Research finds cell division synchronised to cell and body’s daily clock

28 Jun 2014

The finding could optimise timing of chemotherapy and explain the occurrence of some cancers

Researchers see promise in transplanted foetal stem cells for Parkinson's

28 Jun 2014

The brain’s balancing act

26 Jun 2014

Growing unknown microbes one by one

25 Jun 2014

Study in Science suggests novel approaches to preventing access

24 Jun 2014

New test follows the molecular footsteps that lead to oesophageal cancer

New test follows the molecular footsteps that lead to oesophageal cancer

24 Jun 2014

Stem cells hold keys to body’s plan

21 Jun 2014

Neurons get their neighbours to take out their trash

21 Jun 2014