Carol Barnes has been shaking up brain-related research for nearly 30 years, and she has lots more on her agenda. When she jumped into the neuroscience field—or was drawn in, actually—in 1971, it was much smaller, attracted a fraction of the billions in current annual funding and lacked the new sense of national urgency.

Early detection is the single most important factor in cancer survival. That's why regular checkups and early testing are so necessary.
Unfortunately, current testing methodologies have limitations that prevent very early cancer detection.

In the new biology, it’s not about the mountains of numbers, says Dean Billheimer, it’s whether they mean exactly what you think they mean.

Dig deep into lung diseases, beyond the classic causes like cigarettes and working in a coal mine, and you'll come upon a few ancient hazards always in our air, water and dirt.

After a scorpion stings your bare foot (Ouch!), venom quickly takes.

And no one in the world of bioscience can feel your pain like Leslie Boyer.
'Your nerves fire away. Your muscles contract, and you jerk and twitch and dance around,' says Boyer, who is recognized as the top expert on clinical research on the subject.