Biotech & pharma
Tiny tools help advance medical discoveries
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 14 Jan 2013
Not just fast foods, DNA also to blame for expanding waistlines
By By Susan Thomas | 12 Jan 2013
Finding cancer culprits' fingerprints
11 Jan 2013
Study quantifies the size of holes anti-bacterials create in cell walls to kill bacteria
10 Jan 2013
Giant tobacco plants that stay young forever
09 Jan 2013
Skin cells reveal DNA’s genetic mosaic
09 Jan 2013
Ovarian cancer stem cell study puts targeted therapies within reach
By By Karen N. Peart | 08 Jan 2013
Scientists pinpoint molecular signals that make some women prone to miscarriage
07 Jan 2013
Scientists have identified molecular signals that control whether embryos are accepted by the womb, and that appear to function abnormally in women who have suffered repeated miscarriages
Skin cells reveal DNA’s genetic mosaic
05 Jan 2013
Editing the genome with high precision
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 05 Jan 2013
Quick detection of periodontitis pathogens
04 Jan 2013
A rare mutation offers wide possibilities
04 Jan 2013
Understanding cell organisation to tackle cancer
24 Dec 2012
Evolution: It’s all in how you splice it
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 22 Dec 2012
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