Biotech & pharma
Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections
By By Scott LaFee | 25 May 2012
No new neurons in the human olfactory bulb
24 May 2012
Stem-cell-growing surface enables bone repair
24 May 2012
Zooming in on bacterial weapons in 3D
23 May 2012
New details about gene regulation explained
19 May 2012
A new optical microscopy approach opens the door to better observations in molecular biology
18 May 2012
Mystery of the missing breast cancer genes
10 May 2012
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News office | 08 May 2012
Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment
How does a broken DNA molecule get repaired?
07 May 2012
FANCM gene plays key role in inheritance
02 May 2012
Just a few cell clones can make heart muscle
27 Apr 2012
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