By extending its reach beyond science, the field of omics will change the way we live our lives.
By extending its reach beyond science, the field of omics will change the way we live our lives.
Large-scale data collection and analysis have fundamentally altered the process and mind-set of biological research.
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.
What does a normally aging brain look like? Are diseases of aging such as Alzheimer’s inevitable?
Researchers and pharma companies have tried to attack this disease by reducing amyloid plaques, but inflammation may be the real culprit.
For more than 100 years, pathologists have observed cancer cells engulfing other live cells, but scientists are only now beginning to understand how it happens and what it means for tumorigenesis.
Gut bacteria may be the missing piece that explains the connection between diet and cancer risk.