Super Plants: Could Re-Wired Plants Be the New Cancer Killers?

The chemical lab of the future could look like a farm, with thousands of plants naturally using photosynthesis to produce complex drugs, chemicals, and biofuels, according to a Danish research team.

Adulterated Drugs Found in U.S. Probe of Ranbaxy Manufacturing Violations

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. (RBXY) made “adulterated, potentially unsafe” medicines that were illegal to sell, U.S. prosecutors said in a proposed settlement with the Indian drugmaker.

Health quest inspired organic skin care line

The world is awash in thousands of man-made chemicals with various levels of toxicity. The sensitivity people have to theses chemicals also varies.

Alnylam Receives Notice of Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for New Patent Broadly ...

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application number 12/813,448, covering the company’s proprietary second generation lipid nanoparticle platform, including the “MC3” lipid.

Can tobacco be used to cure cancer?

Researchers working with plants to create protein-based biological drugs that could be easily manufactured and more affordable