Research Field

What can Drosophila eyes tell us about the origins of cancer?

How can we get drugs to the liver to treat its dysfunction, without making it worse?

Another study supports potential surgical transmission of amyloid beta plaques – but the discussion is far from closed

A decade after Shinya Yamanaka brought us induced pluripotent stem cells, our ability to generate an endless supply of human heart cells is being put to good use in research and development.

Like many drugs today, pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was the result of a group effort. Here, we catch up with two scientists who shaped the destiny of the biotherapeutic at very different stages in its development.

The vast majority of experimental cancer drugs fail during the later stages of clinical development

It’s time to recognize that there is a world beyond genes and proteins. Glycobiology should take its rightful place at the center of biomedical research.

Researchers dive through genetic “junk” to discover a small protein with lots of heart

A protein critical for synaptic plasticity in baby mice could hold clues to the origins of autism

Intercepting communication between cancer cells and endothelium uncovers clues to metastasis mechanisms