Pharmaceuticals

Most supplements do not prevent chronic disease or death, their use is not justified and they should be avoided

The technical feat involved stringing together all the amino-acid building blocks in erythropoietin, but it's unclear if the team produced a properly folded form

New insights into how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors work suggest they reverse inhibited nerve regeneration and connectivity that may underlie depression

Scientists launch company to develop the therapeutic potential of gene-snipping enzymes

A roundup of recent articles about influenza and scientific efforts to head off a pandemic

The winner of the 2013 Google Science Fair on why more kids should e-mail scientists

As new discoveries cause cancer researchers to rethink treatment strategies, current Food and Drug Administration drug-approval rules based on traditional cancer classifications have become outmoded

Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants says a new report

Medical marijuana can interfere with memory and learning, but mice that got pot and anti-inflammatories avoided the detrimental effects. Sophie Bushwick reports