Biotech & pharma

Study reveals critical similarity between two types of do-it-all stem cells

12 Sep 2011

New hope for HIV vaccine

10 Sep 2011

Bacteria shed light on new drug targets for inherited cancers

09 Sep 2011

Scientists have succeeded in purifying a protein found in bacteria that could reveal new drug targets for inherited breast and ovarian cancers as well as other cancers linked to DNA repair faults

PerkinElmer to buy Caliper Life Sciences for about $600 million

08 Sep 2011

Research team overcomes major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research

08 Sep 2011

Innovative nanoparticle purification system using magnetic fields may aid medication, diagnostics

08 Sep 2011

Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste

08 Sep 2011

New drugs for dangerous yeast infections

06 Sep 2011

Manipulating plants’ circadian clock may make all-season crops possible

06 Sep 2011

Developing drugs tailored to patients' genome

By By Marla Paul | 06 Sep 2011

Killing a cancer cell from the inside out

03 Sep 2011

Biologists have designed a synthetic gene that, when delivered to cancer cells, forces them to commit suicide.

Discovery could create retinas from 'Jell-O'

03 Sep 2011

Two brain halves, one perception

02 Sep 2011

Free radicals crucial to suppressing appetite

30 Aug 2011

Statins reduce deaths from infection, respiratory illness, eight years on from trial

29 Aug 2011

1001 Genome-Project: complete catalog of the Arabidopsis genome on the way

29 Aug 2011

New imaging method sheds light on cell growth

29 Aug 2011

Plants could pave the way for new ovarian cancer treatments

27 Aug 2011

Tropical plants may contain the basis of new and effective treatments for ovarian cancer, according to researchers at the Universities of Strathclyde and Portsmouth.

Vitamin A supplements could save the lives of 600,000 infants a year

27 Aug 2011

Gap in immune responses determine infection levels to flu exposure

26 Aug 2011

Mapping the brain

26 Aug 2011

Novel approach tests mother-to-newborn HIV spread prevention

By By Richard Merritt | 26 Aug 2011

Common bacterium stops mosquitoes from transmitting dengue virus

25 Aug 2011

Scientists reengineer an antibiotic to overcome dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria

25 Aug 2011

Scientists define cellular pathway essential to removing damaged mitochondria

24 Aug 2011