Biomedicine & Biotech

By Nala Rogers (Inside Science) -- Perhaps it's not coincidence that Valentine's Day falls at a chilly time of year. In biological terms, social drives like love may be bound up with the need to keep warm.

Ah, the mighty platelet. Once a neglected blood component, today it is the basis of an entirely new medical “specialty,” regenerative medicine, although market might be a better word choice.

In poor parts of the world, people may rely on a single staple crop to meet a substantial proportion of their energy requirements. For example, those who live in southeast Asia rely heavily on rice.

By Ben Chan

By Mark Miller, University of Virginia

Whole Foods lies. A lot.*

By Bianca Heyward

A company made grand pronouncements about revolutionizing cancer treatment claiming their discovery is so disruptive that, according to its

Last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) featured a number of health and healthcare-related devices and apps. A few caught my eye because they are the Lego bricks for a Lego building that is just appearing on the event horizon.

What drives innovation? After all, innovation is how we feed more with less and enhance and extend our lives. Is improvement something we can control by who and how we organize research and implementation?