Modern medicine

The shutdown of a Canadian nuclear reactor creates a greater than 50 percent chance of a shortage of an important testing marker.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
A Japanese cell biologist will win the award for physiology or medicine for explaining autophagy, or "self-eating."
Inside Science Staff
Getting enough shut-eye, say experts, could give athletes that elusive edge in competition.
Rebecca Boyle, Contributor
Improvements in the technology of transplantation have opened up the donation of kidneys to significantly more living donors.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
Improving how combat wounds are treated.
Marsha Lewis, Contributing Producer
Will the blood you donate today be effective in six weeks?
Karin Heineman, ISTV Executive Producer
What happens at high altitude may help patients in the ICU.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Tiny tubes deliver functioning genes to cells with broken copies.
Cynthia McKelvey, Contributor
Updates and fun facts about this year's prize in physiology or medicine.
Chris Gorski, Editor
How chemists found a positive use for greenhouse gas.
Marsha Lewis, Contributing Producer
Bioengineers create new medical bandage for the sensitive skin of newborns and elderly patients.
Inside Science Television
Governments and manufacturers seek to avoid using enriched uranium.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor