Biotech & pharma
New inherited neurometabolic disorder discovered
03 Oct 2011
Roads pave the way for the spread of superbugs
30 Sep 2011
Mimicking cells with transistors
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 28 Sep 2011
Analogue — rather than digital — circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.
Researchers build cardiac tissue using gold nanowires for heart attack patients
By Emily Finn, MIT News Office | 26 Sep 2011
New cardiac patch uses gold nanowires to enhance electrical signaling between cells, a promising step toward better treatment for heart-attack patients.
Hope for powerful new C Diff. treatment
20 Sep 2011
Scientists 'disarm' HIV in step towards vaccine
20 Sep 2011
Fail-safe system may lead to cures for inherited disorders
By By Scott LaFee | 17 Sep 2011
Scientists find a previously unknown fail-safe pathway potentially protects the brain and other organs from genetic and environmental threats
A call to arms for synthetic biology
15 Sep 2011
Scientists synthesise one arm of yeast chromosome, develop new method for "scrambling" DNA
New hope for hepatitis C vaccine
15 Sep 2011
Invention unravels mystery of protein folding
15 Sep 2011
Cancer-killing cells caught on film in greater 3D detail than before
14 Sep 2011
Scientists reveal how a type of white blood cells, called Natural Killer cells, protect the body from tumours and virus-infected cells