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Many drug delivery systems, such as capsules and tablets, can be difficult to swallow, especially for children. Making delivery systems out of polymer gels is an attractive option, but usually requires hazardous levels of heavy metals to be used. Now, scientists have found a way to build these gels from caffeine molecules.

An exciting new study claims to be able to use natural products that mimic tooth enamel proteins to rebuild cavity-stricken teeth. The authors of the study claim the product would be cheap, available over the counter, and safe for adults and children.

Developing a method to identify individual cell messengers, called extracellular vesicles, means they can now be used to detect cancer and other disease and be engineered for regenerative medicine.

A new paper has called for an end to the term "healthy obesity", saying it is misleading and flawed. It calls for further research into why some people can avoid diseases associated with obesity whilst others with the same BMI are affected.

Researchers have developed a technology, known as ‘HEx’, that can detect natural products from fungal species, products which are usually extremely difficult to identify. This approach could be used to find natural compounds with therapeutic potential – paving the way to novel antimicrobial drugs.

The project will add to IGEM’s pipeline of drugs and expand upon IGEM-F, an IgE targeting ovarian and other cancers, currently in a Phase 1/2a study.

An international team of researchers have shows a technique targeting a single protein can trap fungal rice blast inside a single plant cell, stopping it from spreading across an entire leaf.

Opa1 helps maintain the strcuture of mitochondria, power-producing pods within our cells. When this protein is deleted, severe and fatal inflammation results. This finding could help explain the pathology of muscle diseases that have baffled scientists.

Researchers report the successful synthesis of the smallest spring you've ever seen - hexa-peri-hexabenzo[7]helicene, or 'helical nanographene'.

A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis – and proper treatment – of bipolar disorder in children, new research suggests.