Genetics

Viruses were used in the pre-antibiotic 19th-century to treat infections. Now researchers are bringing them back, using them to fight bacterial infections on catheters and stents.

1 | May 19, 2013 9:38pm | By Janet Fang

Advances in therapeutic cloning could mean the development of new treatment for degenerative diseases, but it is not without opposition.

May 16, 2013 10:58am | By Charlie Osborne

To deliver a polio-free world by 2018, the WHO has to juggle different vaccines targeted at two kinds of polioviruses on a highly sensitive timeframe.

May 14, 2013 10:53pm | By Janet Fang

A specific gene mutation causes the worst forms of prostate cancer, according to new research.

April 9, 2013 11:42am | By Charlie Osborne

Could a new test predict how your body will react to chemotherapy?

April 5, 2013 7:46am | By Charlie Osborne

Researchers are exploring how laser light can be used on the brain to inhibit addictive behavior.

2 | April 5, 2013 6:02am | By Charlie Osborne

As people push against the limits of what nature freely offers us in terms of fresh water, climate stability and more, how can we use our resources to achieve the greatest return for society?

3 | April 1, 2013 3:00am | By Laura Shin

How do you decaffeinate water that's polluted by our widespread use of caffeine? Engineer some bacteria who literally live off caffeine. They'll eat it.

1 | March 28, 2013 10:51am | By Janet Fang

Quantum computers could instantly make calculations that today's computers take weeks to calculate. Lockheed Martin is taking steps to upgrade them to commercial scale.

9 | March 25, 2013 6:48pm | By Laura Shin

Just when it looked like the biofuels industry was starting to make some progress, one of its own has withdrawn its IPO due to difficult market conditions.

8 | March 25, 2013 3:24pm | By Kirsten Korosec

IVF including two women and a man may be one step closer to acceptance in the United Kingdom.

March 20, 2013 1:09am | By Charlie Osborne

If you had control over biomedical research and how your data was used, would you be more inclined to participate in medical trials?

March 15, 2013 9:23am | By Charlie Osborne

A treatment that mimics the body's own wound-healing capabilities can be a lifesaver in hospitals, the battlefield and around the home.

2 | March 12, 2013 4:30am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

What is IBM's Watson up to? Helping health care professionals to fight cancer.

Sponsored | 1 | March 6, 2013 6:28am | By Martin Kohn

An unplanned incident sheds light on an instance where the HIV virus is particularly vulnerable.

3 | March 4, 2013 4:14am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

A review of Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man, by Mark Kurlansky

1 | March 1, 2013 3:00am | By Jenna Marotta

And we'll be making diet, lifestyle, and medical choices based on specific information rather than on hunches, according to Ion Torrent's Jonathan Rothberg.

4 | February 28, 2013 2:16pm | By Janet Fang

A who's who of tech and innovation have launched the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences--with a purse more than double that of the Nobels--with two aims in mind: cure disease and extend life.

4 | February 22, 2013 8:54am | By Kirsten Korosec

Can we extend care and love to people beyond our intimate circle of friends and family? Stephen Asma says no, universal love for humankind is not practical and therefore impossible.

11 | February 22, 2013 5:00am | By Christie Nicholson

Experience from the fish industry shows how the technology to help solve the problem is available... and getting cheaper. But the meat industry and customers must decide whether it'll be used.

February 19, 2013 5:28pm | By Janet Fang