HIV
Preventing the half-million cases of mother to child transmission of HIV every year would go a long way to turning the tide of an epidemic
Stories by Charles Choi
Malaria
Killing more than two million people, mostly children, every year, this disease will finally face the first ever commercially available vaccine designed to fight it
Diabetes
Inhalable insulin could help diabetics regulate blood sugar to an unprecedented degree
Arthritis
Potential replacement for Vioxx combines the powers of nitroglycerin with those of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Alzheimer's Disease
A new drug targeting the root of this debilitating degenerative disease could be the vanguard of a novel class of treatments
Volcanic Sniffing
Quantum-cascade laser may detect impending eruptions
Nipah's Return
The lethal "flying fox" virus may spread between people
