Setting Standards for Supplements
Dietary supplements aren’t drugs, but the ingredients they contain are often highly bioactive. Ensuring consumer safety for these ‘natural’ products is a big job.
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Inhaled RNA Might Help Heal Cystic Fibrosis
Scientists are working to correct a genetic defect in cystic fibrosis patients by having them inhale RNA. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Take Your Pills When Your Genes Are Most Active
Drugs could be more effective if taken when the genetic proteins they target are most active
Plant Hallucinogen Holds Hope for Diabetes Treatment
A potent molecular cocktail containing a compound from ayahuasca spurs rapid growth of insulin-producing cells
Inside View: The Remarkable Sense of Antisense
For decades, antisense technology promised to transform the pharmaceutical industry. That moment has now arrived. Dr. Stanley Crooke, a pioneer in the field, explains what’s next.
Future-proofed Pharma
The global biopharmaceutical industry has undergone rapid change within the past decade, reflecting and shaping the way new drugs are discovered, produced and sold. Singapore is consolidating its global position as a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub through a supportive pharma ecosystem and a focus on people and partnerships.
Scientist Who Edited Babies' Genomes Faces Widespread Criticism
Experts say the risks of a controversial procedure outweigh the benefits for twin newborns
The Ethical Quandary of Human Infection Studies
Sometimes infecting volunteers with a disease can lead to new treatments. But how much risk and compensation is acceptable for those in poor nations?
What a Democratic House Means for Health and Medicine
The Democrats campaigned on protecting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and lowering prescription drug prices
First Benefit of Knowing Your Genome
The "low hanging fruit" of genome-related health care will be knowing which drugs are likely to treat you best, says science journalist Carl Zimmer.
FDA Approves Controversial New Opioid 10 Times More Powerful Than Fentanyl
The decision was made despite criticism that the drug could be a danger to public health
FDA Approves a Fast-Acting Flu Drug That Is Taken in a Single Dose
Xofluza is the first drug with a new mechanism of action to be approved in nearly 20 years
Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis
Meet the new weed on the block, perhaps one better suited to medical rather than recreational use
The Universal Flu Shot Moves Within Reach
Long promised, a lifelong vaccine for every form of influenza has entered human trials.
In an Old Drug, New Hope for Depression
The science behind antidepressants has not advanced in half a century. New discoveries, including research into the anesthetic ketamine, could change everything.
Virtual Medicine for Real Patients
Medical science is using simulations to query, challenge, hypothesize and test with greater speed and accuracy.
When a Feather-Light Touch Is Agony
Researchers identify a possible new target for treating atypical pain sensations
Hundreds of Dietary Supplements Are Tainted with Prescription Drugs
Less than half of the products were recalled, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis found
How to Help Pain Patients Cut Back on Opioids
The search is on for safe, effective ways to taper the drugs for people in chronic pain
Druggists Shouldn't Be Morality Police
Some states let them deny care for nonmedical reasons
