Biotech & pharma

Can topical skin gel shrink some breast cancer tumours?

04 Jul 2011

CT scans significantly more effective than chest X-rays in reducing lung cancer deaths

By By Kim Irwin | 01 Jul 2011

Click chemistry creates new 'stealth' DNA links

01 Jul 2011

Researchers have developed an artificial DNA "stealth" linkage using click chemistry, a highly-efficient chemical reaction, to join together DNA strands without disrupting the genetic code

New research on food choices of allergy sufferers

30 Jun 2011

A lack of structure facilitates protein synthesis

29 Jun 2011

Protecting medical implants from attack

29 Jun 2011

A magic number for heart health

29 Jun 2011

Brain rhythm associated with learning also linked to running speed, UCLA study shows

28 Jun 2011

Biologists discover how yeast cells reverse ageing

25 Jun 2011

Daily pill for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

22 Jun 2011

'Smart materials' that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs

22 Jun 2011

Lab-grown meat would 'cut emissions and save energy'

21 Jun 2011

Meat grown using tissue engineering techniques, so-called ‘cultured meat’, would generate up to 96% lower greenhouse gas emissions than conventionally produced meat, according to a new study

Nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells to deliver cancer-fighting drugs

By By Catherine Hockmuth | 21 Jun 2011

The method involves collecting the membrane from a red blood cell and wrapping it like a powerful camouflaging cloak around a biodegradable polymer nanoparticle stuffed with a cocktail of small molecule drugs

Swarming nanoparticles communicate to boost drug concentrations near tumours

By By Susan Brown | 21 Jun 2011

Cancer-seeking 'smart bombs' target kidney cancer cells

18 Jun 2011

Insulin in the midbrain influences eating behaviour

18 Jun 2011

Indian Council of Medical Research to validate traditional Indian therapies

17 Jun 2011

New breakthrough in high blood pressure research

17 Jun 2011

TRC researchers isolate new molecule to fight TB

16 Jun 2011

Why we are so complicated

16 Jun 2011

The complex web of protein interactions in our cells may be masking an ever-worsening problem.

Enzyme prevents fatal heart condition associated with athletes

13 Jun 2011

International trial finds polypill halves predicted heart disease and stroke risk

13 Jun 2011

"Chemobath" for colon cancer undergoes evaluation

By By Jackie Carr | 11 Jun 2011

Trapping deadly human viruses using decoys

08 Jun 2011

Major breakthrough in shrimp research at Andhra Pradesh

07 Jun 2011

The technology involves sex reversal of scampi males into functional females through microsurgical intervention and mating them with normal males to produce all-male progeny