Biotech & pharma

Bioengineers try to map gene activities of individual cells in human cortex

17 Oct 2012

Brain scans can predict children's reading ability, Stanford researchers say

By By Bjorn Carey | 15 Oct 2012

Cells control energy metabolism via hedgehog signalling pathway

13 Oct 2012

Finding compounds that can help fight cancer

12 Oct 2012

Biomass-degrading genes in button mushroom critical to managing planet’s carbon stores

12 Oct 2012

US scientists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka win chemistry Nobel

10 Oct 2012

Their research showed how cells in the body respond to stimuli, such as a rush of adrenalin or an increase in blood pressure – a discovery that is helping the development of more effective drugs

How cancer cells break free from tumours

10 Oct 2012

Although tumour metastasis causes about 90 per cent of cancer deaths, the exact mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread from one part of the body to another is not well understood

Researchers overcome the freezing sample problem in biostudies

08 Oct 2012

Protein linked to hunger also implicated in alcoholism

01 Oct 2012

Learning requires rhythmical activity of neurons

28 Sep 2012

Making and breaking heterochromatin

26 Sep 2012

Feline DNA study explains spots,blotches on cheetahs, tabby cats

22 Sep 2012

Study of giant viruses shakes up tree of life

17 Sep 2012

Tracking stem cell reprogramming

By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 17 Sep 2012

Genetic cause of insulin sensitivity offers diabetes clues

15 Sep 2012

Probing matters of the heart

By By Anne Trafton | 15 Sep 2012

Neural Stem Cells Regenerate Axons in Severe Spinal Cord Injury

14 Sep 2012

Deciphering the language of transcription factors

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 13 Sep 2012

Genes that suppress tumours vital to regulating blood precursor cells: study

By By Kim Irwin | 12 Sep 2012

Weapon-wielding marine microbes may protect populations from foes

By By Denise Brehm, Civil and Environmental Engineeri | 12 Sep 2012

In some populations, natural antibiotics are produced by a few individuals whose closest relatives carry genes conferring resistance.

Discovery makes sense of molybdenum mystery

By By Quinn Phillips | 10 Sep 2012

Study: Metabolism in the brain fluctuates with circadian rhythm

07 Sep 2012

Yale team finds fossil DNA not dead in human genome

By By Bill Hathaway | 07 Sep 2012

Yale researchers using sophisticated data mining and statistical models have discovered that many pseudogenes — stretches of fossil DN — may not be quite dead after all

Researchers identify biochemical functions for most of the human genome

By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 06 Sep 2012

Only about 1 per cent of the human genome contains gene regions that code for proteins, raising the question of what the rest of the DNA is doing. Scientists have now begun to discover the answer

Science study shows ‘promiscuous’ enzymes still prevalent in metabolism

06 Sep 2012