Prevention trials for vitamins and supplements are notoriously difficult, but some researchers aren’t giving up on finding proof that vitamin D helps ward off disease.
Prevention trials for vitamins and supplements are notoriously difficult, but some researchers aren’t giving up on finding proof that vitamin D helps ward off disease.
Scientists study a variety of large-scale biological phenomena from the vantage point of space.
Unraveling the molecular causes of acute pancreatitis—a potentially deadly disease in which the pancreas essentially digests itself—is yielding clues to how it might be treated.
The body’s own mechanism for dispersing the inflammatory reaction might lead to new treatments for chronic pain.
As neuroscientists look to the future of their field, they are beginning to delve into more complex factors that define our emotions and intentions.
In fewer than 15 years, nanomedicine has gone from fantasy to reality.
At the nanoscale old materials acquire new properties that International Institute for Nanotechnology Director Chad Mirkin thinks will change the way medicine is practiced.
Nanotechnology will offer doctors new ways to diagnose and treat patients, boosting efficiency and slashing costs.
Learn about the field’s first genetic circuits and read forecasts by George M. Church and J. Craig Venter of a future where man-made organisms pump out novel fuels, drugs, and therapies.