Biotech & pharma

Fear of math? study finds some genetic factors

29 Apr 2014

Transplanted brain cells in monkeys light up personalised therapy

28 Apr 2014

New method to analyse how cancer cells die

26 Apr 2014

Skin layer grown in lab could replace animal testing

26 Apr 2014

The new epidermis, grown from human pluripotent stem cells, offers a cost-effective alternative lab model for testing drugs and cosmetics

First genetic link to difficult-to-diagnose breast cancer sub-type discovered

26 Apr 2014

Researchers develop lab grown skin

26 Apr 2014

Genetic legacy from the Ottoman Empire: single mutation causes rare brain disorder

By By Bill Hathaway | 25 Apr 2014

How a plant beckons the bacteria that will do it harm

25 Apr 2014

In the 'slime jungle' height matters

24 Apr 2014

Unlocking a mystery of human disease . . . in space

23 Apr 2014

Fast way to measure DNA repair

By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 22 Apr 2014

For cells, Internal stress leads to unique shapes

22 Apr 2014

Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk

21 Apr 2014

Gene variant raises risk for aortic tear and rupture

By By Helen Dodson | 19 Apr 2014

Researchers find potential target for drug to treat allergic asthma

19 Apr 2014

Stanford researchers develop a single-cell genomics technique to reverse engineer the developing lung

By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 17 Apr 2014

Limiting certain protein in the brain reverses Alzheimer's symptoms

By By Deborah Halber | 16 Apr 2014

Seeing double: new study explains evolution of duplicate genes

16 Apr 2014

New finding suggests a way to block stress’ damage

By By Bill Hathaway | 14 Apr 2014

Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins

12 Apr 2014

Mechanical forces affect T-Cell Recognition and signalling

12 Apr 2014

Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk

07 Apr 2014

Battling infection with microbes

04 Apr 2014

A key link between tumours and healthy tissue identified

By By Bill Hathaway | 22 Mar 2014

3-D printed microscopic cages confine bacteria in tiny zoos for the study of infections

22 Mar 2014