How to live without red blood cells
Staff Writer Wang Guo on the curious physiology of icefish
115 years since the magic bullet
The story of Paul Ehrlich, who devoted his life to research and revolutionised medicine with the first antibiotic and origin of chemotherapy
The Chinese giant salamander
The significance of this amphibian and why its numbers are in decline
The rarest cancer in the world?
A mutation in a tapeworm led to the only recorded case of cancer by proxy
How to solve the problem of snakebites
Staff writer Wang Guo takes a look at snake bites and a universal cure for them
Computers will make our drugs in the future
The development of AI and large datasets will help automate the processes of drug discovery and development.
The evolution of the biotechnology industry
Staff Writer Wang Guo reflects on the growing sector that has rapidly evolved, and ponders its future.
Oceans and medicines could die with sharks
Sharks are fascinating creatures that have been living on Earth since before the dinosaurs, thanks to their mighty mouths AND mighty immune systems.
Two novel approaches to cancer may bring us closer to the cure
The cancer swamp theory uses ecology to study cancer, and cancer vaccines could prevent the disease entirely.
The history of mankind is tinted with green
We walk on the shoulders of green immobile giants!
We are killing the cure for cancer
Marine invertebrates may hold the key to developing effective cancer treatments, but we are reducing their populations
Forever young is possible for some organisms
Death is ubiquitous in nature... and so is mocking it!