Planning for an ebola vaccine
Health organisations have started to plan a campaign of use for a vaccine against the deadly ebola disease.
The work is being done by the World Health Organization (WHO), its partners and affected countries after...
African researchers fabricate anti-malaria soap in a bid to save 100,000 lives
A mosquito-repellent soap invented by a young African engineer is at the centre of a campaign to eradicate malaria in the developing world.
The soap, which has been developed by social start-up business Faso Soap...
Study will help treat malaria in pregnant women
A four-year study has shown that four available antimalarial treatments are safe to use in pregnancy.
The PREGACT study (PREGnancy Artemisinin-based Combination Treatments) compared four artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs), amodiaquine-artesunate (AQAS), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAPQ), artemether-lumefantrine (AL),...
Modern Biologics require modern packaging
"The West SmartDose® electronic wearable injector, designed for patient convenience, incorporates a Daikyo Crystal Zenith® cartridge and can deliver a dose of up to 3.5mL, which may allow for viscous biologics that are sensitive...
China links with UK to drive forward research
A collaboration between organisations in the UK and China has been agreed to further research into human and agricultural medicine.
The Medical Research Council (MRC), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Economic...
Spider glue research could lead to new materials
Bioscientists at Virginia Tech in the United States have investigated the glue used by orb spiders as part of a project to invent new materials.
The glue – created when glycoproteins are secreted from a...
Advancements may lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s
Scientists in Detroit in the United States have come up with findings that could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease. The team at Wayne State University have investigated the hallmark sign of Parkinson’s disease,...
Sparking solution to a dental problem
Diamonds could turn out to be a dentist’s best friend, according to research carried out in the United States.
Gold, silver and porcelain are among the many materials dentists can use to fix damaged teeth...
Pioneering cells work leads to Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 has been awarded to three scientists whose work is adding add immensely to the understanding of human cells.
Members of the judging panel awarded the prize jointly to...
We’ll drink to that
Researchers at the University of Bologna in Italy have developed a biorefinery model that would produce polyphenols, fatty acids, biopolymers, and biomethane from the skins and seeds left over from wine production. The country produces...
Study challenges views on spread of diseases
A study into the way plague spreads through prairie dog colonies in the western United States has yielded insights that could help explain outbreaks of plague, Ebola, and other diseases that can be transmitted...
Ebola breakthrough is announced
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) have engineered the first antibodies that can potentially neutralise the two deadliest strains...
Slowing down time
A team of chemists and biologists at the Institute of Transformative Bio- Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University in Japan have found new molecules that change the ‘circadian’, or body clock, of mammals.
Most living organisms...
Firms announce expansions
Two American bioscience companies have announced expansions and new jobs.
Seventh Wave, a consulting-based contract research organisation for the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, is expanding inMissouri. The company is increasing its presence inSt. Louis...
Nobel prize for medicine has been awarded
This year’s Nobel prize for medicine has gone to Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and Tu Youyou
The first-ever Chinese medicine laureate. Campbell and Omura were cited for discovering avermectin, derivatives of which have helped lower the incidence of river...
Beer compound could help fend off Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
Scientists have discovered a potential health benefit of hops.
Writing in the American Chemical Society’s journal, they reported that a compound from hops could protect brain cells from damage and potentially slow the development of disorders such as Alzheimer’s...