medical research

How 23andMe Wants the Internet to Change Medicine

Genetic testing company 23andMe just scored NIH funding to develop web-based surveys it hopes will make personalized medicine a reality.READ»

How IBM's World Community Grid Is Helping Cure AIDs, Cancer, and World Hunger

IBM's virtual supercomputer is tapping the unused processors of half a million people to speed up critical scientific research.READ»

• World Community Grid: How It Works
• How to Join the World Community Grid

Fast Talk: The University of Rochester Markets Medical Research

Marjorie Hunter Director, Office of Technology Transfer University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York Hunter, 53, markets academic research to companies and entrepreneurs; such collaborations brought the ...READ»

• Nada Hashmi and Jean Pierre Nshimyimana
• Michael Stein
• Lisa Lapin

Cancer-Fighting Nanoparticles Could Herald Real-Life Medical Innerspace

The first set of trials using nanoparticles to fight cancerous cells have completed, withREAD»

Cell Revision: A Computer Program for Designing Real-Life Organisms

Tinkercell is desktop tool for designing cells, just as you would design a building.READ»

How to Donate Your Idle Computer Time to Curing HIV

Research scientists are using idle computer time, donated by volunteers, to find proteins to screen for disease-curing molecules.READ»

Obama Promises Science-Centric, Eco-Friendly Presidency

President Obama's Inaugural speech included a clutch of promises and observations that will have scientists, medical researchers and environmentalists in the US and around the world breathing a sigh of relief. "We will restore ...READ»