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Ribosome distribution key to programming cells
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 5 Apr 2018
By controlling the distribution of bacterial ribosomes, synthetic biologists say they can program c…
Organ-on-chip tech offers Hep B hope
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 16 Mar 2018
Scientists at Imperial College London have become the first in the world to test how pathogens inte…
Heroin vaccine close to human trials
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 9 Mar 2018
Scientists from the US say they have achieved a major milestone toward designing a safe vaccine to …
Report reveals ‘urgent need’ for improved drug discovery productivity
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 6 Feb 2018
A new report by two UK bioscience organisations suggests that despite great strengths, the UK drug …
Venture capital vital to future of biotech
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 23 Jan 2018
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has released a report suggesting that pharma…
Old dog, new tricks for TB antibiotic
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 17 Jan 2018
Tuberculosis could be fought more effectively with future drugs – thanks to new research into an ol…
Physiological role found for Alzheimers protein
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 10 Jan 2018
A team working on neurodevelopment of axon growth have uncovered a role for TAU, a protein linked t…
Promising gene therapy treatment for blindness
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 7 Dec 2017
University of Oxford scientists have shown how gene therapy could reverse blindness. !--more-- Mo…
Antibiotic-resistant genes discovered
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 30 Nov 2017
Researchers have discovered previously unknown genes that make bacteria resistant to last-resort an…
Speedy antibiotic resistance test developed
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 12 Oct 2017
Researchers in California have significantly improved the speed of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria…
Novel screening method gives pharma shot in the arm
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 24 Aug 2017
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have created a new, more responsive method to screen pote…
Transatlantic drive to tackle antimicrobial resistance
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 18 Jul 2017
A collaboration to identify antimicrobial drug targets in a novel way has been announced by researc…
New non-animal toxicity test
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 9 May 2017
Researchers in Sweden have developed a method to reduce the need for animals in toxicological testi…
Breakthrough raises hope for anti-ageing drug
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 5 Apr 2017
Scientists have identified part of a molecular process that enables cells to repair DNA damage, rai…
Antibiotics linked to bee population dive
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 23 Mar 2017
The mystery around increasing bee deaths and colony collapse disorder may be linked to antibiotics.
New treatment to combat antibiotic resistance
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 8 Nov 2016
Researchers have discovered antimicrobial peptides that can kill bacteria resistant to existing ant…
Receptor successfully isolated to tackle Alzheimer’s
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 6 Sep 2016
Scientists have discovered that blocking a specific part of an ion channel can prevent the memory l…
CRACK IT launch their annual challenges
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 1 Sep 2016
The 2016 CRACK IT Challenges to improve business processes have been announced and will be launched…
Novel method for producing antibiotic introduced
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 16 May 2016
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a new method for producing an antibiotic.
Promising phase I Ebola trials
qmwwwtqmqt.d qmwwwtqmqt.d | Added: 13 May 2016
Scientists involved in Phase I trials for an Ebola vaccine have described recent results as very pr…