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The biomarkers are detected through a simple blood sample, advancing hopes for a similar diagnostic dementia test.

A new report launched at London Stock Exchange for International Women’s Day, reveals the critical role women play in driving economic growth across the UK, with detailed research on 1,279 women-led companies showing a total contribution of £25.9 billion in revenue to the UK economy.

Technology has a massive impact on our day-to-day lives, right down to the cellular level within our own bodies. Texas A&M University chemists are using it to determine how lipids talk to each other when they interact with membrane proteins, one of the primary targets for drug discovery and potential treatments for any number of different diseases.

Drugs are not equally effective for everyone. To some extent, this is due to the fact that people's bodies will take up a pharmaceutical substance to varying degrees. A group of researchers have now shed some light on the subject in their report published in the journal Cell Systems.

Researchers have developed a new method of crystallising large membrane proteins in order to determine their structure. This will be of benefit to biological research and the pharmaceutical industry.

Utilizing a predictive computer program, researchers have been able to synthesize models of transmembrane proteins that accurately mimic the protein's form in nature.

Funding round co-led by new investor Horizons Ventures and existing investor Aviva.

A mutated form of angiogenin is linked to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). It's path into the brain has been revealed in new research.

Memories are a pattern of connections formed between neurons in the brain. New work shows how these connections can be strengthened or weakened at a molecular level.

The protein telomerase adds DNA to our chromosomes, a process which directly affects cellular lifespan. Now, scientists have uncovered a crucial step in this process.