As patents on major, money-making pharmaceuticals such as Lipitor, Plavix and Zyprexa run out and begin to face generic competition, drug companies have been struggling to recoup the loss of revenue through drug development. Traditionally, this process has been expensive and provides inefficient output. Outsourcing early drug development to academia... Read More

An estimated six million Americans harbor an aneurysm. Aneurysms occur when artery walls are weakened, causing a saclike bulge in the blood vessel. People can live symptom free with aneurysms, but if one grows big enough and ruptures, it will be fatal 40 percent of the time. Even if someone... Read More

Technology and health care go hand in hand. Technological advances are vastly improving the way we diagnose and treat illness and disease. As these advancements occur, the demand for newer and better technology grows as well. In particular, the field of health monitoring has been expanding. As knowledge about disease... Read More

Advances in pharmaceutical development have greatly increased our ability to treat disease, but side effects remain a major issue. Most pharmaceuticals attempt to mimic the action of a protein, but can cause side effects because they affect more than just their specific target. While studies on molecular understanding of pharmaceuticals... Read More

Over the past century, the personal response to breast cancer has dramatically changed. While breast cancer is still greatly feared (and rightly so), the increased visibility of breast cancer survivors has reduced the stigma that was once associated with the disease. High profile women, such as Guiliana Rancic, openly discussing... Read More