Drugs

What to expect in genetic engineering, neuroscience, psychedelics, longevity research, digital health, food, human performance, wellbeing, and of course, ChatGPT.

AI can help overcome both scientific and financial hurdles to tackle this serious threat to global health.

Sarcopenia, a muscle wasting disease, could shorten your life and is alarmingly prevalent. Why are so many people unaware it exists?

Some studies show it’s better than SSRIs—but there’s no incentive to invest in clinical trials.

How drugs that hit targets for depression and kidney disease could help people suffering physical pain.

The maniacally focused founder of Insilico Medicine is going all in on AI to discover new medicines and extend lifespan.

A new generation of scientists raised on Reddit and Instagram are exploring crowdsourced models of scientific peer review.

As organ-on-a-chip technology comes of age, the bipartisan FDA Modernization Act 2.0 would remove the requirement that new drugs must undergo animal testing before human clinical trials.

Scientists are not routinely sloppy, clinicians don’t usually cheat, and clinical research is generally well designed. So why is it so hard to reproduce results?

An insider’s view of the effort to decode and model the entire immune system.