Biotech

As hospitals beg for protective gear and ventilators, some individuals are taking a creative approach to the problem

In mice, a test for lung cancer involves nanoprobes that recognize tumors and send reporter molecules into the urine for simple analysis.

The new method may be faster and easier than other genetic storage attempts

Coronavirus research requires high-containment labs. Journalist Elisabeth Eaves talks with Scientific American contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs about her article “The Risks of Building Too Many Bio Labs,” a joint project of the New Yorker and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.  

Dressing material uses carbon nanofibers to aid healing

A scaly sea creature called a chiton sparks an idea for new protective gear

In mice, these white blood cells tamp down inflammation in the lungs

Testing kits delivered by courier and digital tools combine to battle the COVID-19 outbreak

The experiment tests a gene-editing therapy for a hereditary blindness disorder

Making changes to the molecular messengers that create proteins might offer flexible therapies for cancer, pain or high cholesterol, in addition to genetic disorders

The pharmaceutical industry is in a drug-discovery slump. How much can AI help?

By channeling a flood of biomedical data, machine learning could transform basic research and clinical practice