Medical Technology

The innovation industry faces an uncertain future, as long as the United States R&D Tax Credit remains a Congressional roller coaster ride.

Malaria deaths have dropped dramatically since 2000 and cases are falling steadily as more people are properly diagnosed and treated and more get mosquito nets, the WHO said

High costs keep patients from using stem cells harvested from umbilical cords

The only country that still systematically takes organs from executed prisoners for use in transplant operations plans to end the practice from next month, a state-run newspaper reports

Everybody and his uncle, it seems, has an idea of something that might work to cure people infected with the deadly virus

A recent report from Europol's European Cybercrime Center includes a forecast that the world's first "online murder" will likely occur before the end of 2014.

About 50,000 people are alive today because U.S. hospitals committed 17 percent fewer medical errors in 2013 than in 2010, government health officials said

A DNA-editing technique based on bacterial “memories” could revolutionize medicine. But some worry it could get out of control

Self-correcting screens on smartphones and iPads tailor themselves to a viewer's vision—no glasses necessary

Taking control of cells by squeezing them

Saliva could be a new renewable energy source for medical devices

Mathematical modeling isn't just for physicists any more. Using mathematical equations and computer programs to simulate reality is becoming vitally important to understanding biology as well