Biotech & pharma

Cornell Professor proves textbooks wrong on steroid protein

11 Jul 2014

New genetic variant linked to risk of stroke and heart attack

05 Jul 2014

Why birds don’t spread Lassa fever

04 Jul 2014

Researchers regrow human corneas; could reverse blindness

04 Jul 2014

Boston researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule that acts as a marker for hard-to-find limbal stem cells

New study reveals complex speech networks in the brain

03 Jul 2014

NMR provides fresh atomic insights into a key protein that helps repair DNA

03 Jul 2014

Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a protein that identifies and repairs cancerous cells operates

How ageing can intensify damage of spinal cord injury

03 Jul 2014

Controlling movement with light

By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 30 Jun 2014

Research finds cell division synchronised to cell and body’s daily clock

28 Jun 2014

The finding could optimise timing of chemotherapy and explain the occurrence of some cancers

Researchers see promise in transplanted foetal stem cells for Parkinson's

28 Jun 2014

The brain’s balancing act

26 Jun 2014

Growing unknown microbes one by one

25 Jun 2014

Study in Science suggests novel approaches to preventing access

24 Jun 2014

New test follows the molecular footsteps that lead to oesophageal cancer

24 Jun 2014

Stem cells hold keys to body’s plan

21 Jun 2014

Neurons get their neighbours to take out their trash

21 Jun 2014

For the first time in the lab, researchers see stem cells take initial step toward development

21 Jun 2014

New study pinpoints 'Lemur' protein as main player in spread of breast cancer

18 Jun 2014

Researchers have confirmed the role of a protein called Lemur Tyrosine Kinase 3 in the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body.

Genetic tracking identifies cancer stem cells in human patients

18 Jun 2014

Automating laboratory-on-a-chip to cut healthcare costs

17 Jun 2014

A vaccination to prevent heart attacks?

16 Jun 2014

Researchers have developed a “genome editing” approach for permanently reducing cholesterol levels in mice with a single injection, potentially reducing heart attack risk by up to 90 percent

Newly identified brain cancer mutation to aid drug development

16 Jun 2014

Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite: Yale research

By By Karen N. Peart | 03 Jun 2014

Leptin’s effect on metabolism has been found to control the brain’s neuronal circuits, but no previous studies have definitively found that leptin could control the behavior of cells other than neuron

Newly identified brain cancer mutation to aid drug development

02 Jun 2014

Extensive cataloguing uncovers 193 unknown human proteins

31 May 2014

The cataloging project, led by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Bioinformatics in Bangalore, should prove an important resource for biological research and medical diagnostic