Most people don’t consider viruses friends of humanity, let alone tools for medicine. However, a recent study by Yale University researchers Justin Paglino and Anthony van den Pol illustrates the potential for a virus to fight cancer…

A recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine challenges the widely held conception that genes determine an individual’s risk for autism. With a focus group of 192 pairs of identical and fraternal twins, this study found that genes only accounted for 38 percent of the risks for autism while environmental factors made up the remaining 62 percent…

Where does funding for biomedical research come from? How can you get involved in cutting-edge research? Are you interested in pursuing biomedical science? We interviewed Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Health Institute, to answer these questions.