Antibiotics are one of the greatest success stories in modern medicine. They transformed once-deadly infections into treatable illnesses, made routine surgery possible, and helped extend human life expectancy worldwide. From treating pneumonia to protecting patients...
“Hypoxia” used to be nothing but a niche biology topic. Today it is quietly becoming standard infrastructure in labs. Two forces are converging. Regulators and funders are nudging R&D away from default animal studies and toward human-relevant evidence. At the...
Scientists have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with demonstrated anti cancer properties, shedding new light on the biological machinery behind one of nature’s most complex chemical products. By identifying the key enzymes involved...
Biotech is showing early signs of life after a prolonged funding winter, but for many early-stage companies, conditions remain unforgiving. Years of low valuations, high borrowing costs and regulatory uncertainty have reshaped investor behaviour, with capital scarce...
The life sciences sector sits at the intersection of discovery, technology and human impact. From developing new medicines and diagnostics to advancing environmental sustainability and digital health, careers in life sciences offer the chance to work on problems that...
For decades, obesity has been defined and diagnosed primarily using body mass index (BMI), a simple ratio of weight to height. While BMI has been widely adopted for its convenience and scalability, a growing body of research now suggests that it may be an incomplete...
For decades, obesity has been defined and diagnosed primarily using body mass index (BMI), a simple ratio of weight to height. While BMI has been widely adopted for its convenience and scalability, a growing body of research now suggests that it may be an incomplete...
Spinal cord injuries remain one of the most challenging conditions in modern medicine. Damage to the spinal cord often leads to permanent paralysis, loss of sensation, and a dramatic decline in quality of life. For decades, treatment options have been limited to...
Basecamp Research, a frontier AI lab harnessing evolution to design new medicines, today announced the first AI models capable of programmable gene insertion, offering a new way to replace faulty genes and reprogram cells for therapeutic use. Trained in collaboration...
Peptides are no longer confined to the margins of biomedical research. Once viewed primarily as niche tools for probing biological pathways or as incremental drug candidates, peptides and related biomolecules are now emerging as a central pillar of innovation across...
How Modular Hardware Is Breaking Decades of Vendor Lock-In There’s a running joke among biotech lab managers that goes something like this: You don’t buy a bioreactor. You buy a relationship. A very expensive, very locked-in relationship. It’s funny because it’s...
India is emerging as one of the most dynamic life sciences markets in the world. Long recognised for its strength in pharmaceuticals and generics, the country is now experiencing a broader life sciences boom that spans biotechnology, vaccines, medical devices,...
Swiss biotechnology company Windward Bio has entered into a significant licensing agreement with Chinese biotech Qyuns Therapeutics, securing rights outside China to a clinical stage immunology bispecific antibody known as WIN027, also referred to as QX027N. The...
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being judged on clinical progress and tangible outcomes, not just models and algorithms. Once a speculative concept, AI-driven drug discovery is now generating real-world data, advancing molecules into human studies, reshaping...
The landscape of global disease continues to evolve, shaped by demographic shifts, environmental pressures, and rapid advances in biomedical innovation. For life science professionals, understanding where the world’s highest-burden diseases stand today, and where...
The biotechnology sector is navigating a turbulent market environment in 2025. After earlier highs, many biotech companies have seen steep share-price declines, while investors remain cautious yet selective about which assets to back. As macroeconomic pressures and...
The field of obesity treatment is expanding beyond GLP 1 receptor agonists as a growing wave of gene modulating and RNA based therapies emerges. These next generation programmes aim to address fat accumulation, particularly visceral fat and metabolic dysfunction,...
One of the biggest surprises in modern cancer biology is that tumors are wired with nerves—and cancers with more nerve fibers tend to be more aggressive. A new study finally explains why. The Key Finding Neurons actively transfer their mitochondria — the cell’s energy...