Medical Technology

A biologist aims to profile suspects from genetic material left at crime scenes

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

It's time to let scientists study whether LSD, marijuana and ecstasy can ease psychiatric disorders

Old business models and outdated regulations are preventing real progress in the health care industry

Just physically squeezing cells or bathing them in acidic conditions can readily reprogram them into an embryonic state

Rakesh K. Jain, director of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology in the radiation oncology department of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, talks about his article in the February issue of Scientific American about interfering with extracellular matrix as a way to increase the efficacy of cancer therapy 

 

Financial woes are threatening Advanced Cell Technology, running the only FDA-approved clinical trials of embryonic stem cell therapies

A noninvasive screening method could provide expectant parents with unprecedented and comprehensive fetal genetic data, but it also presents new ethical quandaries

Inspired by natural adhesives, researchers created an elastic and biocompatible hydrophobic light-activated adhesive that works on wet tissue. Cynthia Graber reports.

The Federal Trade Commission says GeneLink, which served 30,000 customers, made claims not based on science and failed to protect consumer information

Disclosures and resignations reveal scientific concerns over the methods of Italy's Stamina Foundation

A flow restrictor on liquid medicine bottles could prevent accidental ingestions, but drugmakers have yet to promise or deliver such protection on many pediatric medicines