Medical Technology

A Boston-based start-up is exploring the use of rubbery biomedical tools to improve robotic surgery

Mitigating fears during sleep could help to ease anxieties felt when awake

Enzymes called topoisomerases are crucial for the expression of extremely long genes, including many that have been linked to autism

An updated estimate says it could be at least 210,000 patients a year, more than twice the number in a frequently quoted Institute of Medicine report

Most researchers have suspected MS is a disease of the brain’s white matter. A new study suggests the debilitating disorder originates in gray matter, and raises hopes for faster diagnoses

The U.N. is using Iris-based ID technology to track and assist Syrians who have fled to Jordan

Lax federal regulations allow some workers to accumulate dangerous amounts of lead in their blood, but California is taking the first steps toward safer standards

Tiny lab-grown organs connected by an artificial blood system on a two-inch chip could greatly improve drug testing

Wireless signals create a 3-D map of a room and can monitor any unusual movement, such as a fall or unusual period of quiescence. Larry Greenemeier reports.

Author Katy Butler’s memoir of her family’s experience surrounding her father’s prolonged, over-medicalized final years blends personal reflection with investigative reporting on biotechnology to offer readers insights into the art of dying better

Next week the nation’s top public health officials will lay out a plan to help control the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A test vaccine has been found to be protective against a synthetic version of the H5N1 virus, but the result might not predict performance on real pandemic H5N1