Tools & Techniques News

The long history of insulin discovery and its development for treating diabetes is marked with determination and serendipity, collaboration and controversy.

People metabolize drugs differently, changing the effectiveness and toxicity of drugs between individuals. Genetic testing to identify mutations in metabolic genes that may affect how someone processes a drug is an important step towards precision medicine that is becoming more common in the clinic.

Sperm, bacteria, bubbles, and shuttles are just some of the latest cancer-treating microrobots in development for human use in the next few years.

A centuries-old wound-cleaning technique is finding its place in modern medicine.

Machine learning paired with single-cell analysis helps scientists identify pathways that cause disease and potential therapeutics.

By redirecting cells’ endogenous RNA editing machinery, scientists can correct disease-causing mutations, bringing a new kind of gene therapy to the clinic.

How can scientists bridge the communication gap between themselves and the public?

A new delivery system initially developed to treat asthma sends corticosteroids deep into the lungs where COVID-19 infects cells, potentially slowing viral replication.

Scientists combined engineered E. coli with artificial intelligence to produce effective, high-quality protein and antibody-based drugs at a large scale.

A biopharmaceutical company established a new method for isolating and editing hematopoietic stem cells from patients to provide stem cell therapies for diseases such as sickle cell disease.