Biotech

Scientists are trying new ways to win over a skeptical public

Before anesthesia, surgeons battled patient agony during each procedure. But another foe awaited them next: postoperative infection

A device that delivers infusions of DNA and other molecules restored injured limbs in mice

An international clinical trial will give a contraceptive gel a test drive

The agency hopes to enroll 1 million people in its precision medicine effort

French law currently restricts techniques like artificial insemination to heterosexual couples

Reviewers and a co-author of a paper by genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter claim that it misrepresents the risks of public access to genome data

California state bill seeks to legalize liquefaction of corpses

A winner of this year’s Lasker Award talks about his work with HPV

Researchers are starting to diagnose more ailments using DNA fragments found in the blood

Alternative explanations challenge whether CRISPR–Cas9 technique actually fixed a genetic mutation as claimed   

The FDA just approved the first gene therapy for sale, but such therapies remain far from fulfilling their early promise