Bio Drugs
Has the Age of Genomics been oversold?
We live in an age of hype. But the overselling of the Age of Genomics — the hype about the ...
Genetically engineered herpes virus offers hope for skin cancer treatment
In a few months time, those suffering from skin cancer may find an unlikely hero in their treatment regimen: herpes. A ...
White House asks scientists to hold off on editing the human genome
Scientists should hold off on experiments that could permanently alter people's DNA and pass the changes along to future generations, ...
“Home brewed morphine” from genetically engineered yeast? What did the media get wrong?
Researchers report creating genetically engineered yeast strains that take us one step closer to producing opiates using microbes. How did ...
Youthful blood may not be a miracle elixir against aging, despite hopeful research
For decades, scientists have sought to understand the anti-ageing effects of parabiosis, a technique in which researchers sew a young ...
Food, genetic engineering and public opinion: Do popular concerns matter?
Confounding many scientists, the public remains skeptical of GM foods yet embraces biotech medicines. Why the difference? What can we ...
New therapy could greatly improve lives of cystic fibrosis patients
A "groundbreaking" cystic fibrosis therapy could profoundly improve patients' quality of life, say doctors. Patients often die before their 40s ...
Rabies virus becomes unlikely tool for mapping brain networks
Humans have a long tradition of turning things that harm us into things that help us. We made bears into ...
Typhoid fever threat growing as antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreads
An antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58, ...
Antibiotic use in livestock may pose health threat to farm workers
A new study by the researcher who has done the most to pin down the presence of “pig MRSA” in the United States ...
Threat of antibiotic resistance causing serious concern for future disease outbreaks
The National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies says such an outbreak could be expected to hit 200,000 people - and ...
Hospitals to begin consulting IBM’s Watson for cancer treatment
Fourteen U.S. and Canadian cancer institutes will use International Business Machines Corp's (IBM.N) Watson computer system to choose therapies based ...
Maple syrup may be newest ally in fight against antibiotic resistance
Maple syrup may help fight disease-causing bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains that often grow in healthcare settings, says a study published ...
Could drinking alcohol have prevented cholera epidemic?
When microbiologist Janet Guthrie of Inverness, Scotland found a poster from the time of the city's early-1800s cholera outbreak, urging ...
Setting a framework to evaluate dangers of antibiotic resistance
We have read with interest the Correspondence on our Opinion article (What is a resistance gene? Ranking risks in resistomes) by ...
Another study confirms vaccines still don’t cause autism
In the latest study on the vaccines, researchers find even more evidence that childhood immunizations aren’t linked to autism. In ...
Link between serotonin and depression ‘marketing of a myth’
The widely held belief that depression is due to low levels of serotonin in the brain and that raising those ...
Drug-resistant malaria poses serious threat in Africa
Early indicators of the malaria parasite in Africa developing resistance to the most effective drug available have been confirmed, according ...
Treating multiple sclerosis may rely on stem cell stimulation
Two drugs already on the market — an antifungal and a steroid — may potentially take on new roles as ...
Precision medicine revolution hits cost and tech barriers
Tailoring medicine to our personal DNA once promised revolutionary treatments and near miracle cures, but at the intersection of health, ...
Experimental cancer treatment literally dissolves tumor
The 49-year-old woman had had three melanoma growths removed from her skin, but now the disease was spreading further. A ...
3D-printed replacement organs may be close at hand
The advent of three-dimensional (3D) printing has generated a swell of interest in artificial organs meant to replace, or even ...
Genetic tests in clinic fall short for prescribing best cancer therapy
Many cancer patients in clinics across the United States might be getting inaccurate information from DNA analyses that are intended ...
New Alzheimer’s research illuminates origins of disease
The hope that Alzheimer’s will one day be curable has in recent years faded to a flicker as successive clinical ...
Can a placebo pill actually serve as drug therapy?
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries and have been a fundamental component of clinical research to ...
Six decades ago, US celebrated first successful polio vaccine
Sixty years ago, at about the time you’re reading this, church bells began to ring across the United States. Cars honked ...
