THE dawn of the new era in medicine occurred, however, in 1857, with Pasteur's discoveries. These were soon followed by those of Lister, and thus began a quick succession of discoveries by men well ...

Join Renée Camila for part three in a three-part series on medicine making basics. This week Renée focuses on essences. She shares how they are prepared and explores their impact. This is a fund drive ...

Professor David Shaw, who has died aged 101, was a doyen of medical education; as part of the modernising team at the ...

A National Academy of Sciences committee co-chaired by UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, recommends the creation of a Google maps-like data network that could transform the future of ...

The School of Medicine Basic Sciences is part of Vanderbilt University, a top-tier research institution. We have a diverse community of scientists that creates new knowledge about human biology, ...

Knowledge about evolution provides physicians with an integrative framework that links otherwise disparate bits of knowledge. It replaces the prevalent view of bodies as machines with a biological ...

In the first article, Goddard et al. 7 identify approaches to assessing genomic applications through literature reviews and demonstrate lessons learned from the National Cancer Institute initiative.

The general public are worryingly ignorant about the symptoms and risk factors that contribute to serious medical conditions such as stroke and HIV/AIDS, according to a new study. Surprisingly, those ...