Intelligent Machines How Do You Fight the Largest Cocaine Boom in History? With Drones. With record amounts of cocaine being shipped out of South America, the Coast Guard believes it needs more eyes in the sky. by Michael Reilly 2017-05-10T14:35:00-04:00
Biotechnology The Painkillers That Could End the Opioid Crisis Researchers may soon vanquish our pain without causing addiction and other devastating side effects. by Adam Piore 2016-08-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Big Pharma Doubles Down on CRISPR for New Drugs A joint venture between Bayer and CRISPR Therapeutics is the latest effort to make CRISPR drugs that could target and modify cells inside the body. by Mike Orcutt 2016-01-13T00:00:00-05:00
Business Impact Venture Capitalists Love Biotech Right Now Scientific advances and new business models are spurring investor confidence in biomedical-related ventures. by Mike Orcutt 2015-02-24T16:35:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Gene-Silencing Drugs Finally Show Promise After more than a decade of disappointment, powerful new drugs based on a Nobel-winning idea are getting closer to the market. by Kevin Bullis 2014-09-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A Tale of Two Drugs Today’s medicines can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. The story of how two companies set prices for their costly new drugs suggests that the way we determine the value of such treatments will help decide the future of our health-care system. by Barry Werth 2013-10-22T02:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A New Setback for Alzheimer's Drugs A compound that attacks amyloid plaques fails to help patients, raising questions about similar therapeutics. by Susan Young Rojahn 2012-08-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Test Could Show Which Cancers Will Respond to Chemotherapy Tumors closer to committing “cellular suicide” are more sensitive to conventional anticancer drugs. by Erika Jonietz 2011-10-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A Quick Post-Surgical Wake-Up Call Researchers find that giving rats the common stimulant Ritalin can revive them during general anesthesia. by Courtney Humphries 2011-09-21T08:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Researchers Announce a Breakthrough on HIV/AIDS Treatment A technique that alters T cells has been shown to reduce the amount of virus in infected people. by Deborah Erickson 2011-09-18T12:15:00-04:00