Study linking tumors in rats to cellphones raises a host of questions
There are a number of caveats to the results and some experts are debunking the study’s early findings.
Scientists hold secret meeting to consider creating a synthetic human genome
Scientists are contemplating fabricating a human genome, spurring intrigue and concern in the life-sciences community.
Hearing-aid makers hear tech’s footsteps coming closer
The consumer-electronics industry is encroaching on the hearing-aid business with far less expensive products that are available without the involvement of audiologists. That’s forcing re-examination...
Mutant mosquitoes a new weapon to combat Zika
The biotech bugs could become one of the newest weapons in the perennial battle between humans and mosquitoes, which have been called the deadliest animal...
Drug CEO Martin Shkreli, who jacked up price of lifesaving drug, is arrested
Shkreli has emerged as a symbol of pharmaceutical greed for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug by more than 5,000 percent. But the...
Dramatic overnight increases in old drugs ignite new worries | Close-up
Although most of the attention on pharmaceutical prices has been on new drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and high cholesterol, there is also...