biotech
AI was key to making Moderna's COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.
It temporarily puts the immune system on high alert to prevent MRSA, pneumonia, and other infections in the hospital.
You can’t farm spiders — but putting spider genes into silkworms works even better.
Long thought a pipe dream, scientists have discovered a drug that mimics the effects of exercise.
The potential benefits of returning the thylacine to Australia make the project worth the effort.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
To put things in perspective, the cost of sequencing a single genome in 2012 was around $10,000.
CRISPR, stem cells, and even cancer drugs are helping shape an AIDS-free future.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
The brain implant lets her talk four times faster than the previous record.
Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.
"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."
AI is helping us replace petrochemicals with natural enzymes.
Ethicist and doctor Simon Whitney argues that society's overly cautious approach to medical research is blocking breakthroughs.
Someday, scientists could use stem cells to guide the development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants.
A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.
From the laying out of the body plan to the organization and functioning of our nervous system, cells rule gene expression and make us who and what we are.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly's innovative "triple g" drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.
Particles behave differently when freed from the force of gravity. A new space factory aims to use this to synthesize pharmaceuticals.
"The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials."
From gene expression to protein design, large language models are creating a suite of powerful genomic tools.
Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to "speak."
The first-of-its-kind approval could change how we think about gene-edited foods.
The discovery has enormous implications for the development of novel anti-anxiety medications.
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn't happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a "holy grail" of psychiatry.
"It can truly allow you to see the physical world in ways that were not possible before."