Biomedicine & Biotech

Research and breakthroughs at the intersection of biology and medicine — from gene editing and synthetic biology to clinical trials, diagnostics, and the science driving next-generation therapies.

Concussion Recovery Time Cut in Half When Athletes Immediately Sit

From the realm of concussion research, it appears that the data are beginning to catch up with the intuition of the medical community.

ACSH's Most Popular Articles of the Summer

Now that it's September, more and more students will be heading back to school. The youngest kiddies may play a game called "Show and Tell," in which they bring in various items and talk about what they did over the summer.

'Musseling In' in Salt Marshes Good for Ecosystem

Partially denuded salt marsh at end of drought via

Losing Genes May Be Just as Important to Evolution as Gaining Them

When biologists think of evolution, we tend to be biased toward those instances in which an organism gains some new ability, such as when a bacterium acquires a new antibiotic resistance gene.

Parasitism Evolved at Least 223 Times Among Animals

As Kramer from Seinfeld demonstrated, sponging off of other people can be a successful life strategy. The same is true for many members of the Animal Kingdom.