Disease – Page 8
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Research
Soil search unearths new class of antibiotics
Malacidins have a novel mode of action and can kill MRSA
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Business
Dementia slips down pharma agenda
Pfizer, Shire, Acorda and Axovant rethink their neuroscience strategies
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Research
Food additive may have given deadly bacterium its chance
Trehalose sugar offers competitive advantage to virulent strains of gut bacterium C. difficile
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Feature
Staying one step ahead of the game
Clare Sansom examines the need for agile drug development when tackling emerging viral disease outbreaks
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Research
Quick test on pinprick of blood could help stop Ebola in its tracks
Portable Raspberry Pi-based device accurately detects viruses in micro droplet of whole blood
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News
Explainer: What is cryo-electron microscopy
The science behind the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
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Research
Gut bugs hijacking our signalling could treat disease
Gastrointestinal microflora found to produce a profusion of molecules that can affect human health
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Research
Single-cell imaging spots resistant infections in less than half an hour
Microfluidic device allows speedy susceptibility testing so the right antibiotic can be given
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Review
Exhibition: Open for discovery
The Francis Crick Institute’s first exhibition showcases its scientists’ research
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News
India's HIV/Aids law may bring relief to a million people
Legislation aims to tackle stigma of testing and treatment
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Research
Crispr enables rapid disease detection
A Crispr enzyme that targets RNA can recognise Zika at minute concentrations
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Research
15-minute test catches out flu virus
A cheap, portable setup to detect influenza viruses could help clinicians prescribe the right drugs
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News
How we are fighting tropical diseases
Repellents and vaccines are useful but still need further improvement
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Business
Expanding precision medicine beyond cancer
Exclusive interview with Koustubh Ranade, vice president of R&D at MedImmune
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News
Alzheimer’s disease: have drug developers been on the wrong track?
Dementia drug developers urged to look beyond amyloid
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News
Vaccine coalition to target emerging infectious diseases
Fund attempting to raise $1 billion to develop vaccines before an epidemic strikes
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Research
Chemoluminescent nanoparticles detect multiple deadly viruses in one go
A detection system can test for multiple viruses in one sample
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Research
Diamonds to track down origins of diseases of ageing
Fluorescent nanodiamonds reveal the inner workings of neurons