Medical Technology

With the new annotation of the human genome, researchers are finding that most of the code between genes is controlling crucial functions for life and health

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A new fluorescent probe can detect tuberculosis bacteria using a homemade light box and a mobile-phone camera

Many of the medicines children take have never been proved safe and effective for them. A new law will help change that

Secession not only spurred rapid improvements in warships and weapons, but also led to advances in communications and medicine

A new high-coverage DNA sequencing method reconstructs the full genome of Denisovans--relatives to both Neandertals and humans--from genetic fragments in a single finger bone

Patients who sign up for trials testing more than one already approved intervention do not always know if one is being tested for harmful side effects

Stem cell treatment could lower inflammation levels and demonstrate whether autism is an autoimmune disease

Shotgun proteomics on a corpse can determine whether someone was actually suffering from a disease rather than just carrying it. Evelyn Lamb reports

The device, which relies on new insights into how the brain decodes signals from the eye, could eventually be developed for use in humans

U.C.L.A.'s enhanced laser-pulsing camera is one of several emerging approaches to finding cancer cells in the blood stream