In the modern world, the human body is besieged by a silent category of chemicals that interfere with one of its most ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

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THE VACCINE MAKER MODERNA decided this past week to tell the world about bad news it had received from the federal government ...

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How spider silk could be key to repairing damaged nerves in humans - Clinical trials are to go ahead using ‘off-the-shelf’ ...

At least 1,357 medical devices using AI are now authorized by the FDA – double the number it had allowed through 2022 ...

She was denied a legal abortion and sent to prison over an illegal one. Now she tells her story - A young woman in Zambia was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion an ...

These dangers originate from the chemicals created by talented scientists trying to solve human problems and deliver miracle ...

Greenland sharks can live for hundreds of years, drifting through some of the coldest and darkest waters on Earth. Once dismissed as slow, clumsy and nearly blind, these deep-sea giants are now ...