Twelve years ago, Dr. Everett Forman had developed a computer program that he thought his colleagues in the medical industry would line up to purchase.

The program allowed doctors to write prescriptions and manage patient records electronically, saving valuable time and preventing potentially costly and dangerous errors.

But Forman did not see his business take off. “It […]

A new type of genetic analysis has proven 90% accurate at predicting the course of breast cancer’s progression.

Researchers believe that the analysis will give a more accurate prognosis that enables doctors to make more informed choices about which breast cancer patients will benefit from treatments such as chemotherapy.

Using genetic profiling, a form of genetic testing, […]

Energy extracted from a grape is enough to power tiny sensors or transmitters, meaning that silicon chips implanted in plants or animals could derive power from their hosts.

Reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the grape biofuel cell was created by Adam Heller and colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin.

It produces […]