Biomedicine

New technologies and biological insights are providing unprecedented ways of improving our health.

Novel therapeutics

Freeze-Dried Molecules Can Be Used to Whip Up Medicines Anywhere

The approach could be a tenth the price of earlier methods.
Novel therapeutics

It Costs $30 to Make a DIY EpiPen, and Here’s the Proof

The medical maker collective Four Thieves Vinegar made an “EpiPencil” for a tiny fraction of what the EpiPen manufacturer Mylan charges.
Genomic medicine

17 and Going Blind: The High Stakes of Getting into a Gene Therapy Trial

For patients with some inherited diseases, a chance to test an experimental treatment can offer the only hope.
Neuroengineering

First 3-D Map of a Fruit Fly’s Brain Network

Mapping the 3-D network structure of a fly’s brain is a major step forward. But it took 1,700 person-hours to complete, meaning that human labor will be a significant bottleneck for future advances.
Synthetic biology

Startup’s Artificial DNA Could Revolutionize Drug Design

Company pursues breakthrough medicines with proteins unlike any seen in nature.
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  • Genomic Medicine

    Medical decisions can now be guided by the unique clues in our genes.

  • Neuroengineering

    We can now manipulate neurons, gaining insight into the brain and helping to repair damage.

  • Novel Therapeutics

    Inside the era of increasingly effective drugs.

  • Gene Editing

    The ability to precisely alter human genes could revolutionize medicine and medical research.

  • Synthetic Biology

    Why stick to what nature gives us when we can synthesize our own genetic pathways?

  • Advanced Prosthetics

    Advances in electronics and biomedicine are greatly increasing human capabilities.

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