Medication Under a Microscope
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A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.
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A new analysis may help detect the earliest signs of cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease.
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A trial of a new type of schizophrenia drug shows promise in patients.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.    One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if injecting certain drugs directly into diseased arteries works better than commonly used stents in keeping arteries clear...
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_ Tiny worms are taking the place of laboratory rats and mice for a Duke University scientist studying the effect of chemicals on the body.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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Inside the UK's most powerful microscope that is enabling researchers to probe individual atoms
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Researchers at Rockefeller University make small synthetic vesicles that resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
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New developments are brewing at the pharmaceutical.
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Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.
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An interview with development-stage drugmaker Pharmacopeia.
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Tiny antennae focus infrared laser light down to 100 nanometers, providing a way for scientists to see cells at work.
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Researchers at Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. hope to produce better drugs with medical-imaging equipment usually used to examine patients.
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Scientists are developing a new way of carrying out internal examinations on patients - based on a wriggling worm.
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Archeologists found a small container with a whitish medicinal or cosmetic cream made up of animal fat, starch and tin oxide. Researchers writing in the November edition of the British magazine Nature say
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A pill-sized camera might eliminate the need for invasive techniques to screen for inflammations or obstructions in the esophagus.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.