Biotech & pharma

Peptide shows great promise for treating spinal cord iknjury

10 Dec 2014

Genetic errors linked to more ALS cases than scientists had thought

09 Dec 2014

Seeking answers from a mysterious parasite

08 Dec 2014

New single-cell analysis reveals complex variations in stem cells

08 Dec 2014

New molecule could fight oxidative stress, lead to therapies for cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s: research

06 Dec 2014

New Approach for Treating ALS

05 Dec 2014

Secret of tetanus toxicity offers new way to treat motor neuron disease

05 Dec 2014

Computer model sets new precedent in drug discovery

05 Dec 2014

New computational model can precisely simulate and predict therapeutic protein behaviours to help zero in on ideal drug design candidates

Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes

By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 04 Dec 2014

MIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three-dimensional DNA shapes ever produced

New insight into cells could lead to better drugs

03 Dec 2014

‘Tissue chip’ to screen neurological toxins

29 Nov 2014

Researchers identify new ways to drain cancer’s ‘fuel tank’

29 Nov 2014

Biochemists build largest synthetic molecular ‘cage’ ever

27 Nov 2014

New nanoscale protein container could lead to synthetic vaccines and offer a way to deliver medicine inside of human cells

UK researchers turn to crowdfunding to research cancers linked to EBV

26 Nov 2014

Molecule fights cancer on two fronts

24 Nov 2014

Second protein associated with common cause of kidney failure identified

19 Nov 2014

New insight into common cause of blindness

18 Nov 2014

Diet for your DNA

17 Nov 2014

DNA sequencing helps identify genetic defects in glaucoma

15 Nov 2014

The brain’s “inner GPS” gets dismantled

13 Nov 2014

Cause of organ damage after heart attack and stroke found

12 Nov 2014

Getting to the heart of the heart

11 Nov 2014

Researchers uncover more detail of the molecular triggers behind asthma attacks

10 Nov 2014

Environmental carcinogens leave distinctive genetic imprints in tumours

08 Nov 2014

Making lab-grown tissues stronger

07 Nov 2014