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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…