Biotech

Many new drugs trigger an immune reaction that cripples them—and the race is on to thwart the attack

The historic treatment’s costs could top $1 million

A flash of radiation drastically reduced arrhythmia in a small group of patients, for at least a year after treatment. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Power source is flexible, transparent and runs on saltwater

Biologists remain largely unaware of the potential vulnerabilities that come with digitizing biotechnology

Rosemarie Truman, CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation, says a better system of governance for federally funded inventions could lead to many more good ones becoming commercialized.

Scientists hope to test experimental therapies on these “micro-brains”

Disruptive solutions that are poised to change the world

The prospect of focusing the beams without destroying tissue might someday diagnose or even restore faulty brain circuits 

The Food and Drug Administration, Sarepta and the case of the missing drug data

Wartime clinicians have taught us a lot about fighting infection

European doctors use gene therapy to correct an inherited disease and replace 80 percent of Syrian refugee's epidermis