Pharmaceuticals

Modern genomes and ancient mummies offer clues to why the life span of Homo sapiens far exceeds that of other primates

New drugs for Alzheimer's lag, but not for lack of trying

As the number of older patients with cancer soars, researchers explore how best to treat them

Are cholesterol-lowering drugs causing dementialike symptoms in some patients?

The idea that free radicals cause aging and that vitamins might preserve our youth is now in doubt

The finding could mean recollections are more enduring than expected and disrupt plans for PTSD treatments

Drugs administered before symptoms appear could be key to combating the leading cause of dementia

And researchers have engineered a common bacteria to inexpensively create the snakebite treatment

The White House is due to issue an ambitious plan to slow the growing and deadly problem of antibiotic resistance over the next five years

Scientific American’s Dina Maron talks with Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, about the current Ebola outbreak, the threat of sexual transmission and the hope for a vaccine. They were both at an Institute of Medicine Forum on Microbial Threats held at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C., concentrating on Ebola in west Africa

 

The pathogen’s evolution does not appear to be outpacing efforts to develop an arsenal against it

When I told Kit Parker of Harvard University to think about explaining what he does to teenagers who would be watching our Google Science Fair Hangout On Air earlier today, he had a great answer for me: “My job is to work on cool.” Among Parker’s many “cool” research passions are understanding cardiac cell biology [...]