Biotech & pharma

Scientists discover antibodies that target holes in HIV's defences

19 Sep 2016

Multitasking protein keeps immune system healthy

19 Sep 2016

‘CRISPR’ a viable option to GM foods

07 Sep 2016

US and Swedish authorities have concluded that as CRISPR does not insert any foreign DNA, and only removes some existing DNA, it is not a genetically modified organism (GMO)

Coffee habits may be genetic, study reveals

29 Aug 2016

People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, might be inclined to drink fewer cups of coffee than others, reveals new study

Researchers develop a genome editing technique that does not cleave DNA

27 Aug 2016

Potential new test to detect serious bacterial infections like meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia

23 Aug 2016

'Born to be bad' or 'born to be benign' -- testing cells for esophageal cancer risk

19 Aug 2016

Malarial parasite boosts survival in Ebola patients

17 Aug 2016

People infected with Ebola virus were 20 per cent more likely to survive if they were co-infected with malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites, according to data collected at an Ebola diagnostic laboratory in Liberia in 2014-15

Five ways bioengineers want to use 3-D printing

16 Aug 2016

Now that 3D printing has made it easier to generate custom-made prosthetics, bioengineers are looking ahead at manufacturing actual cellular material

Five ways bioengineers want to use 3-D printing

16 Aug 2016

Now that 3D printing has made it easier to generate custom-made prosthetics, bioengineers are looking ahead at manufacturing actual cellular material

St Jude researchers pinpoint key influenza-fighting immune trigger

13 Aug 2016

How HIV disrupts immune system helps vaccine development

01 Aug 2016

When the going gets tough, the tough get growing

29 Jul 2016

Dolly the sheep’s death not related to cloning: study

27 Jul 2016

Drug targeting BRAF mutation slow thyroid cancer, too

25 Jul 2016

In a first, Chinese scientists to use stem cell tech on cancer patients

23 Jul 2016

UK scientists’ genetic switch discovery holds promise of cure for asthma

23 Jul 2016

An engineered protein can disrupt tumour-promoting 'messages' in human cell

22 Jul 2016

Stem cell technique could help avert hip replacement

20 Jul 2016

Gene contributes to poor speech processing and dyslexia: study

20 Jul 2016

Proteins team up to turn on T cells

18 Jul 2016

Stanford researchers grow bone, heart muscle from embryonic stem cells

16 Jul 2016

Scientists transform lower-body cells into facial cartilage

11 Jul 2016

Researchers identify new biomarker for Parkinson’s disease in patients’ urine

08 Jul 2016

New anti-cancer strategy mobilises both innate and adaptive immune response

06 Jul 2016