Biotech & pharma
Engineers design magnetic cell sensors
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 05 Nov 2015
Drug from bananas could fight Aids, hepatitis C
24 Oct 2015
A substance found in bananas and carefully edited by scientists could lead to drugs that may fight off a wide range of deadly viruses, including AIDS, hepatitis C and influenza
A biomarker for premature death
24 Oct 2015
Intimations of immortality? Gene manipulation could retard ageing
14 Oct 2015
Researchers have identified 238 genes linked to ageing, and found that switching them off extends life in yeast cells, an advance that provides new genomic targets, which could be used to boost human lifespans
Medical breakthrough as kidney grown in lab dish
08 Oct 2015
Although the kidneys cannot perform the functions of a fully formed adult kidney, the researchers hope the achievement will someday lead to new ways to treat people suffering from kidney failure
Drugs disguised as human platelets target cancer
01 Oct 2015
New test detects all viruses that infect people, animals
30 Sep 2015
The test is so sensitive that it detects variant strains of viruses that are closely related genetically