The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is pressing the Food and Drug Administration to approve drugs for high-risk patients.

The microbiome of the lung is different in patients with the disease, which causes a thick buildup of mucus that makes breathing difficult.

The United States government is concerned over the declining levels of state funding for public research universities, citing a threat to overall economic health.

Privacy advocates are arguing that collecting genetic data upon arrest is an invasion of privacy, given recent evidence that 80 percent of the human genome is functional.

FedEx and UPS make further restrictions on their shipments of animals for experimental use.

Both male and female researchers are less likely to hire a female candidate than a male candidate with the same experience.

A former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and one of the early forces behind the Clean Air Act, dies at 92.

The US Department of Agriculture announces a partnership of 10 study sites to help promote long-term research.

Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.

Researchers are given a prize for high-impact science that began with an unusual or seemingly frivolous study.

Doctors question whether a government initiative to speed approval for promising new drugs is ensuring safety.

One of the largest biological professional societies has developed an online tool to help early stage scientists plan successful careers.