Anticancer drugs could be manufactured and delivered by modified microorganisms.

Microorganisms that deliver treatments to tumours could make chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy safer and more effective.

Significant gains this week lay bare an increasingly fragmented political system

The discovery that small cell lung cancer has several neuronal features is yielding biological insights that could ultimately save lives.

Pathogens are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Scientists are working to slow the process and replenish the medicinal armoury.

The device helps muscle recovery in those receiving gene therapy for the rare neuromuscular condition.

The device helps muscle recovery in those receiving gene therapy for the rare neuromuscular condition.

The device helps muscle recovery in those receiving gene therapy for the rare neuromuscular condition.

Plans to address drug resistance typically focus on the use of antibiotics, but there are signs that compounds with incidental antibacterial effects might be part of the problem, too.

Plans to address drug resistance typically focus on the use of antibiotics, but there are signs that compounds with incidental antibacterial effects might be part of the problem, too.

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These highly sentient creatures have weak protections for their well-being. That must change.

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.

Genetic studies of today’s tea plants are providing clues to how the plant was first domesticated.

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections.

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections.

It’s not just Tunbridge Wells – a country famous around the world for its rain is in danger of self-imposed drought, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The global effort to eliminate the disease depends heavily on blocking the most common mode of viral infection.

Neurotechnology company Paradromics will test its device in a trial aimed at safely restoring speech for people with severe motor impairments.

Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology.

Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the privacy and autonomy of people who use neurotechnology.