A Swiss-based firm may have a back-door way to thwart a bioterrorist attack—by fighting the flu.
A Swiss-based firm may have a back-door way to thwart a bioterrorist attack—by fighting the flu.
Science taps a clinical trial that showed the benefits of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients as 2011's breakthrough of the year.
Japanese researchers are launching an iPS cell trial for an untreatable eye disease, challenging ongoing embryonic stem cell trials.
New congressional proposals would allow drug makers to bypass traditional clinical trial requirements for drugs that address rare diseases.
Geron is terminating a clinical trial testing a human embryonic stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury.
Data from the Phase III trial of a malaria vaccine breeds hope for immunization as a possible weapon against the dreaded disease.
Dwindling stocks in more than a dozen cancer drugs are delaying clinical trials.
From iPhone apps to cloud computing, everyday digital technologies are helping advance drug discovery, conduct clinical trials, and improve medical care.
Nanotechnology will offer doctors new ways to diagnose and treat patients, boosting efficiency and slashing costs.
The US company investigating the use of human embryonic stem cells to treat a type of macular dystrophy expands its clinical trials to the UK.