Bio Drugs

The so-called fourth pillar of cancer therapy still has a major drawback - high cost that make gold appear cheap ...

Slowing down the aging process might be possible one day with supplements derived from gut bacteria. Scientists at Baylor College ...

Scientists have discovered a new kind of antibiotic — buried in dirt. Tests in animals show that it is effective ...

Janet Lai Chang is one of many who have added a pinch of psychedelic drugs to their daily routine in ...

The endothelial cells that line blood vessels are packed tightly to keep blood inside and flowing, but scientists have discovered ...

A transformative cancer therapy based on modified immune cells has lured doctors, companies, and patients alike, but many are hitting ...

As heroin-related deaths soar in the United States, a group of researchers said they may be one step closer to ...

Two kinds of incurable blood cancer have been eradicated in more than two out of three patients by a therapy ...

For years, the international community has grappled with the threat of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism. And although al ...

Life is full of decisions, and sometimes it’s difficult to know if you’re making the right one. But a drug ...

An experimental drug shrank tumors in patients with a variety of cancers sharing the same genetic defect, new studies found, ...

Scientists have tweaked a powerful antibiotic, called vancomycin, so it is once more powerful against life-threatening bacterial infections. Researchers say ...

Two nanoparticles have communicated with one another to perform a task for the first time, paving the way for more ...

In August 2014, [colon cancer patient Stefanie Joho] stumbled into Johns Hopkins University for her first infusion of the immunotherapy drug ...

Editor’s Note: On Friday, June 2nd from 1pm–3pm EDT, ELP director Nicholas Staropoli hosted a Reddit-science Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) about the hype surrounding ...

In a first for precision medicine, a cancer drug has won regulatory approval based on the genetic characteristic of tumors, ...

[R]esearchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine were looking for ways to treat a particular type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) known as a wet ...

Detailed maps of the immune cells that surround tumours could suggest fresh therapeutic targets, point out biological markers that can ...

One thing cells must do in order to become cancerous is to overthrow the normal checks on their growth. As ...

By 2050 more people may die from microbial infection than cancer, according to current estimates. The increasing mortal threat from ...

[Editor's note: Eric S. Lander is president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. Eric E ...

The stuff of life comes wrapped in tiny bags called cells. Inside are DNA molecules that carry the instructions for ...

Tried, true, and FDA-approved drugs for cancer and depression—already in medicine cabinets—may also be long-sought treatments for devastating brain diseases ...

As resistance to antibiotics grows in the U.S., researchers are looking for new ways to fight germs like Clostridium difficile, ...

Two recent mouse studies, led by investigators at the University of Utah and Stanford University, describe how a new antisense ...

For half a century, researchers have dreamed of giving cancer patients a vaccine that helps the immune system detect the ...

For the past five decades pharmaceutical drugs like levodopa have been the gold standard for treating Parkinson’s disease. These medications ...