Biotech & pharma

Promise of new antibiotics lies with shackling tiny toxic tetherballs to bacteria

13 Jan 2018

Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugs

06 Jan 2018

ASK the enzyme: New potential targets for cancer

06 Jan 2018

Virus-bacteria co evolutionary 'arms race' solves diversity paradox by 'Killing the Winner'

04 Jan 2018

Keeping egg cells fresh with epigenetic

02 Jan 2018

Cancer overrides the circadian clock to survive

30 Dec 2017

New structure of key protein holds clues for better drug design

29 Dec 2017

Growing organs a few ink drops at a time

28 Dec 2017

Researchers refine method of making bio-ink droplets stick to each other, enabling 3D printing of highly complex biological structures with a wide variety of cell types using inkjet printers

Study explores impact of obesity on bone marrow cells

28 Dec 2017

Bacteria acquire resistance from competitors

28 Dec 2017

New marker in blood could detect fatal breast cancer up to one year earlier

23 Dec 2017

Researchers see gene influencing performance of sleep-deprived people

22 Dec 2017

Overlooked immune cells hold breakthrough for treating aggressive cancers

21 Dec 2017

Critics applaud cautiously as US lifts ban on making lethal viruses

20 Dec 2017

From the omelette to the egg: Reversing protein aggregations

20 Dec 2017

Novel mechanism that protects from glioblastoma identified

19 Dec 2017

Study prompts new ideas on cancers' origins

16 Dec 2017

How defeating THOR could bring a hammer down on cancer

15 Dec 2017

Hyperlens crystal capable of viewing living cells in unprecedented detail

13 Dec 2017

Scientist's accidental exhale leads to improved DNA detector

12 Dec 2017

CLOCK gene may hold answers to human brain evolution

11 Dec 2017

Modified CRISPR allows gene activation without editing DNA

09 Dec 2017

Discovery puts the brakes on HIV's ability to infect

04 Dec 2017

Researchers develop graphene nano 'tweezers' that can grab individual biomolecules

04 Dec 2017

New imaging study reveals how saturated fatty acids damage cells

04 Dec 2017