Treatment
Medicine from the Sea
From slime to sponges, scientists are plumbing the ocean's depths for new medications to treat cancer, pain and other ailments
May 01, 2004 |
By Kevin Krajick
Stopping a Scourge
No one knows if SARS will strike again. But researchers' speedy work halting the epidemic makes a compelling case study of how to combat a deadly virus
September 2003 |
By David Brown
On the Trail of the West Nile Virus
Some scientists race to develop vaccines against the scourge while others probe the possible lingering effects of the mosquito-borne infection.
July 2003 |
By Stephen S. Hall
Mission Impossible?
An international campaign to rid the world of polio has made dazzling progress. But some experts question whether the scourge can ever be eradicated
February 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Book Excerpt: Supergerm Warfare
Dragon's drool, frog's glands and shark's stomachs have all been recruited for the fight against drug-resistant bacteria
October 2002 |
By Michael Shnayerson and Mark J. Plotkin
Race for a Remedy
Retired from the track, thoroughbred First Flight served as a "factory" to produce botulism antitoxin
December 2000 |
By Carolyn H. Crowley
The Return of the Phage
As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon
October 2000 |
By Julie Wakefield
Help is on the Way
Combine the power of nature, animal companionship and music, and you have a recipe for healing
July 1999 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
Ailing? Just Add Cells
Now we can grow the cells from which all others derive, but ethical questions are involved
January 01, 1999 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
