Medicine

A new study suggests that the causes of these disorders are hidden in "dark genes," which may account for the enigma of their development.

Peter Rogers

Moderna is developing mRNA vaccines for 15 “priority" pathogens and launching a program giving other developers access to its mRNA tech.

Prozac is a widely used antidepressant. Data indicates that the drug could be used to prevent blindness due to macular degeneration.

Peter Rogers

Adding the new antidepressant zuranolone to standard treatments helped people with major depressive disorder feel better in less time.

It’s disappointing when the years of effort and resources spent to push a drug candidate to patients so often lead to failure.

Duxin Sun

Russia’s invasion has the potential to disrupt clinical trials in Ukraine, warns one of the many companies staging trials in the nation.

Using DNA or an mRNA vaccine, researchers are investigating the feasibility of essentially replacing missing genes that cause disease.

Deborah Fuller

New approaches to curing blindness are heralding a future in which fewer people have to live life completely in the dark.

While it’s still too early to draw conclusions, there's emerging evidence between autoimmune disorders and the virus that causes COVID-19.

Dario Ghersi

Since the unpredictability of drug supply increases overdose risk, making the drug supply predictable should be part of the solution, right?

Travis N. Rieder