Tech
What Biotechnology’s Paradigm Shift Means for Businesses
Technology is transforming biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals, both in research and development and manufacturing.
By Jessica Wong
Biomedical Technology
Business Ideas
Why the Passing of American Icon Sam Shepard Should Remind You of the Importance of Innovation
ALS, which killed Shepard, is the focus of entrepreneurs working in healthcare to rid us of this and lesser-known diseases.
By Joan Oleck
Business News
Alphabet and GlaxoSmithKline to Collaborate on Bioelectronic Research
The companies hope to solve medical problems by fusing biology and technology.
By Tom Brant
Business News
Abbott to Buy St. Jude for $25 Billion to Boost Heart Devices
The company said St. Jude's devices for heart failure, blockages and abnormal heart rhythm complement its range of heart products.
By Reuters
Entrepreneurs
5 Ways Varied Job Experience Helps Your Career
Job doesn't match your degree? Fear not. It might actually help you get -- and thrive in -- the job you want.
Business News
Sean Parker Donates $250 Million to Fight Cancer
The Napster founder and former Facebook president created the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, which will focus on using the body's immune system to combat cancer cells.
Business News
This Microscope Can Detect Cancer Without a Biopsy
The new handheld microscope uses tiny mirrors and optical beams to zoom in and quickly create image scans at the cellular and subcellular level.
Business News
This Robot Is Like a Chauffeur for Slow Sperm
This new method of fertilization is the latest discovery in a rapidly expanding field of microrobots being built for navigating the human body.
Business News
A Bill Gates-Backed Gene Editing Startup Is Going Public
Editas Medicine is the first gene-editing medical technology company to file an IPO.
Building a Business
Artificial Blood Transfusions Could Be a Reality By 2017
The U.K.'s National Health Service plans to begin early phase clinical trials in two years.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Meet Color Genomics, the Startup That Wants to Make Genetic Testing Less Expensive
The Silicon Valley startup just raised $15 million in funding from PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Yahoo's Jerry Yang and other high-profile investors.
By Leena Rao
Tech
Where to Stash That Cryptocash? This Man Put It Under His Skin.
Martijn Wismeijer keeps his Bitcoin handy -- right between his thumb and index finger.
Tech
The U.S. Military Wants to Inject People’s Brains With Painkilling Nanobots That Could Replace Medicine
Ever wish you could heal yourself like a superhero? The government is making it happen. Sort of.
Thought Leaders
Help Select Our ‘College Entrepreneur of 2014’
Nominees run the gamut, having created everything from a mouth guard that aims to prevent sports-related concussions to an app that helps actors nail down relevant and timely auditions.
By Geoff Weiss
Tech
A Tiny, Whip-Tailed Robot Can Administer Meds Anywhere In the Body
Is this miniscule magnetic cyborg swimmer the future of medicine delivery, egg fertilization and scar-free surgery -- all in one?
Building a Business
How a Biomed Tech Company Raised $35.7 Million Before Going to Market
CardioInsight found a way to 3D map the heart's electrical activity, but it took a village of funding resources to get there.
By Jane Porter