All articles by Victoria Gill – Page 3
-
News
Elusive drug target finally seen
After seven years of failed attempts, scientists take a detailed snapshot of a key drug receptor
-
News
MRI scanners get five-year reprieve in legal U-turn
European Commission accepts that Physical Agents Directive poses a threat to crucial medical technology
-
News
Anorexia shares addictive pathway with ecstasy
A study in mice shows that anorexia hijacks the same 'reward' signalling pathway as MDMA
-
Feature
Nuclear revival
The Dalton Institute at the University of Manchester aims to be a world leader in nuclear research, and breathe life into an industry that very nearly collapsed.
-
News
Novartis withdraws investment from India
Patent laws leave India 'choking on China's dust' says IFPMA
-
News
HIV vaccines 'will not work'
All HIV vaccines currently in clinical development will fail, says leading immunologist
-
News
Bees tell their life story with perfumes
Male orchid bees use lipids to collect forest fragrances, storing their adventures as smells
-
News
AstraZeneca doubles job cuts, R&D positions hit
Anglo-Swedish dug firm AstraZeneca has revealed a dramatic increase in its planned job cuts
-
News
Novartis loses landmark Indian patent law case
Swiss drug firm Novartis has lost its legal case against the Indian government
-
News
Case dismissed on Indian patent law
Claim against government's 'unconstitutional' patent law is dismissed
-
News
Europe poised for a surge in generic drugs
First generic drug to seek pan-European approval gets the go-ahead.
-
News
FDA advised: Avandia should stay on the market
FDA Advisory Committee votes 22-1 for GSK's diabetes drug to continue to be marketed in the US
-
News
Polonium clean-up leaves trail of destruction
Decontamination of polonium traces from Litvinenko case presented a mammoth task
-
News
Older women should not use HRT
Clinical trial confirms that hormone replacement therapy should not be prescribed for women long past menopause
-
News
How to make worms turn
Electric fields used to steer nematode worms like 'remote-controlled cars'
-
Feature
Here's the science bit
Can chemicals really help to roll back the years? Victoria Gill investigates the various treatments that come with the promise of youth
-
OpinionEditorial: Questioning the FDA
There will be mutterings of unrest in the corridors of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month
-
News
Europe running out of time to address 'threat' to MRI
Commissioners tell scientists they need more evidence before reviewing legislation that could make medical MRI scans 'impractical'