A new handheld scanner may mean patients being screened for cancer will no longer have to cram into the narrow tunnel of an MRI or CT scanner for a grueling 40-minute exam — the patient won’t even need to undress.
The doctor will simply swipe a 30-centimeter baton over the patient’s body, and information on [...]

The issues Mr. Gabrenya raised are part of a tension in the information technology industry, as crucial computer programming is increasingly performed outside the United States, either in the form of jobs exported from this country or by a growing array of foreign competitors.
The trend poses risks, in the view of some American government officials, [...]

A tiny delivery vehicle has been developed that could be a major advance for photodynamic therapy, which uses light to destroy cancer cells and treat other diseases.
Scientists from the University of Buffalo’s Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute have developed a nanoparticle drug delivery system that addresses the most [...]

The creation of an artificial human egg from an adult cell could be possible within five years, say researchers who have taken a step towards the goal.
At the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology’s annual conference in Madrid, Peter Nagy from Reproductive Biology Associates in Atlanta spoke of his collaboration with University of [...]