Biotech & pharma

Indian-origin couple gets top US award for groundbreaking Aids research

26 Oct 2017

A South African Indian-origin researcher couple has been honoured with a prestigious award for exceptional contribution in the field of HIV/Aids

Genome sleuthing tracks the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

26 Oct 2017

Antibiotics from a 'molecular pencil sharpener'

24 Oct 2017

Researchers test first drug to prevent the onset of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy

24 Oct 2017

Suicide molecules kill any cancer cell

23 Oct 2017

How herpes simplex virus changes when passed between family members

21 Oct 2017

New bird flu strain in China has experts worried about pandemic

21 Oct 2017

Saving hearts after heart attacks: Overexpression of a gene enhances repair of dead muscle

17 Oct 2017

Reengineered immune system cells show early promise against HIV

16 Oct 2017

New antibiotic resistance genes found

16 Oct 2017

TSRI chemists use modified DNA nucleotides to create new materials

12 Oct 2017

Atlas of human DNA differences that influence gene expression completed

12 Oct 2017

Genetic advance for male birth control

11 Oct 2017

USFDA seeks details of Biocon’s biosimilar cancer drug pegfilgrastim

10 Oct 2017

Cleveland Clinic researchers find link between bacterial imbalances and breast cancer

09 Oct 2017

Three European-born scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry

05 Oct 2017

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 has been awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for the development of cryo-electron microscopy, which both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules

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

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