• December 13 2022
  Drugs research

  Cancer vaccine using mRNA technology boosts survival, says Moderna

  Data show combination with Merck’s immunotherapy drug reduced possibility of death in high-risk patients

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• December 13 2022
  Genomics

  100,000 newborn babies set to have their DNA fully decoded

  Genomics England programme aims to extend the number of treatable conditions detected to about 200

  
• December 11 2022
  Energy sector

  Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes

  Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels

  
• December 11 2022
  Chinese economy

  Beijing eases zero-Covid restrictions on transport to revive economy

  Epidemiologists stress milder nature of Omicron variant as government reverses elimination policy

  
• December 11 2022
  Pilita Clark

  If you thought business jargon was bad . . . 

  New research shows doctors speak in ways that baffle — and potentially cause real harm

  
• December 11 2022
  InterviewHow to Lead

  Immunocore’s Bahija Jallal: ‘There was fantastic science, but without financing, we could not go anywhere’

  The researcher turned CEO has revamped the UK biotech from struggling drug developer to cancer treatment pioneer

  
• December 9 2022
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Covid infections rise in England ahead of Christmas party season

  Concern mounts about the strain on the NHS, with hospital admissions also increasing

  
• December 9 2022
  News in-depthChinese politics & policy

  China’s disappearing data stokes fears of hidden Covid wave

  Low official case number and death toll puzzle analysts after Beijing lifts Covid testing requirements

  
• December 8 2022
  Chinese politics & policy

  Beijing running out of fever medication as Covid outbreak spreads

  Hospitals ration supplies and long queues form at testing centres as China relaxes restrictions

  
• December 7 2022
  Coronavirus pandemic

  China risks ‘wave of infections’ after relaxing zero-Covid policy, warns Fauci

  Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser urges Beijing to approve use of western vaccines

  
• December 7 2022
  Scientific research

  World’s oldest DNA reveals thriving Arctic ecosystem 2mn years ago

  Scientists decode DNA preserved in Ice Age sediments in far north of Greenland

  
• December 7 2022
  OutlookThomas Hale

  Zero-Covid has hewn China into separate fiefdoms

  Arbitrary rules concocted by local officials have made travel within the country harder than it has been for decades

  
• December 6 2022
  Anjana Ahuja

  Why lab-grown meat may never be on the menu

  High production costs together with increasingly vegetarian appetites may prevent this industry taking off

  
• December 6 2022
  News in-depthChinese politics & policy

  China’s elderly vaccine refuseniks pose obstacle for Xi Jinping

  Nearly 90mn Chinese are insufficiently protected against Covid as Beijing begins to unwind pandemic controls

  
• December 3 2022
  News in-depthArtificial intelligence

  DeepMind spin-off steps up effort to use AI to create new drugs

  Isomorphic Labs poaches pharmaceutical talent as it moves closer to securing first commercial deal

  
• December 2 2022
  Pharmaceuticals sector

  Swedish scientist behind Alzheimer’s drug has big ambitions

  Lars Lannfelt had a key role in developing a drug that has shown some promise in tackling Alzheimer’s

  
• December 2 2022
  The editorial board

  A glimmer of hope in treating Alzheimer’s disease

  Dementia drug development, diagnostics and delivery still require much more investment

  
• December 2 2022
  Mauna Loa eruption provides unique research opportunity for volcanologists

  World’s largest active volcano erupts after nearly four decades

  
• December 2 2022
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  The corporate backlash against net zero

  Emerging market stocks and bonds staged a rebound on a dollar sell-off

  
• December 1 2022
  Covid-19 vaccines

  US warns Beijing it cannot control Covid-19 without western jabs

  Joe Biden’s coronavirus tsar says Chinese vaccines are ‘not as good’ as alternatives

  
• November 30 2022
  Space exploration

  High ambition as business schools launch space programmes

  As exploration booms, courses are teaching how to back innovation with business nous

  
• November 29 2022
  Coronavirus pandemic

  UK Covid lab errors may have led to more than 20 deaths

  Mistakes by staff at Immensa clinic resulted in incorrect test results, finds disease protection agency

  
• November 29 2022
  Medical science

  Epidemic coalition sets out plan to develop future vaccines in 100 days

  Cepi releases blueprint to move three times faster against a new virus than during Covid-19 pandemic

  
• November 29 2022
  ReviewScience books

  The Darkness Manifesto by Johan Eklöf — how light pollution bugs wildlife

  A Swedish scientist argues with cogent clarity that artificial light is contributing to a huge insect die-off around the world

  
• November 29 2022
  HTSI

  How to change your genetic fate

  The signs of ageing were thought to be inevitable. Not any more