Medicine

Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection?

A growing arsenal of genetically tailored oncology treatments have spectacular results, but scope and access remain limited

Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach

Advances are increasing the supply of organs. But this isn’t enough. Enter the genetically modified donor pig

Scientists have developed an ultrasound device to detect aggressive breast cancer that may develop between screenings

Surgeons transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the second time ever, and the recipient survived for six weeks

Doctors want to ban the term “excited delirium,” which has been cited as a possible factor in high-profile police killings of George Floyd and others but is not a recognized medical diagnosis

A company that creates genetically modified pig organs for transplants hopes to test its product in human trials if regulators approve them

A simplified penicillin allergy test could help reduce false positives, but doctors face challenges in using it

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for mRNA vaccine discoveries that made highly effective COVID vaccines possible

An age-old remedy that was prescribed by Hippocrates may be a cheap alternative to antibiotics for those with chronic wounds