Scientists have developed new method for generating brain cells from urine, speeding up the process and eliminating some of the problems with previous techniques.
Scientists have developed new method for generating brain cells from urine, speeding up the process and eliminating some of the problems with previous techniques.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
The total number of new drugs approved this year ties last year for the highest since 2004, suggesting that the pharmaceutical industry is recovering.
The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to get new devices on the market sooner—and antibiotics may be next.
Researchers identify microRNAs that keep cardiac cells healthy after heart attack, potentially paving the way for future heart regenerating therapies.
Amid controversy, the American Psychiatric Association has approved the fifth edition of its guidebook on mental disorders.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
Researchers develop a practical technique for deriving stem cells from routine blood samples.
While exploring the genetics of a rare type of tumor, Stephen Baylin discovered an epigenetic modification that occurs in most every cancer—a finding he’s helping bring to the clinic.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.