Biotech

Creating molecules that do not exist in nature could give drug design a boost

Researchers were surprised when brain–machine interfaces resulted in paralyzed patients’ recovery of long-lost sensation and muscle control

The popular technique has limitations that have sparked searches for alternatives  

Community support for a field trial, required before any releases, is not guaranteed

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: August 5, 1916

Four years after Oscar Pistorius made history at the London Olympics, the question remains unanswered

With technology and pharmaceuticals dominating our reality, how do we define “natural” human effort in sports? The author of bestseller The Sports Gene weighs in 

The agency is reconsidering its moratorium on funding such work

The gene therapy could save kids with severe combined immune deficiency

I got an e-mail from a reader about small farms and GMOs that led me to do some digging

Allergens hidden inside nanoparticles make allergy shots safer and more effective, new study shows

Surgeons expect such procedures to double within five years