Hundreds of new drugs for kids are in the horizon
Two new sequencing machines will read a human genome in 24 hours.
Our list of the best and brightest products that 2011 had to offer the life scientist
A mutated feline receptor for sweet tastes explains why cats don’t love sugar but do dig mushrooms.
Elaine Mardis can make DNA sequencers sing, generating genome data that shed light on evolution and disease.
In its brief, 4-year history, The Scientist’s annual Top 10 Innovations contest has become a showcase of the coolest life science tools to emerge in the previous year. This year’s installment is no exception.
How Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock nearly gave up genetics for meteorology
A roundup of eight biotech companies that didn’t make it through this year's continuing tough economic times
A list of this year’s newsworthy successes—and failures—in drug development