Biotechnology

Health officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that four antidotes— including one first developed by Arizona State University and its commercial partners—had been tested in the largest Ebola clinical trial to date that’s shown it can overcome the virus and save lives.

Rosalind Sadleir, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, is working to measure electrical properties of different types of tissue to better capture what’s happening in the body and better diagnose patients.

Researchers have found that a gene known as AEBP1 may play a central role in the development, severity and potential treatment of liver disease

A new type of blood test for breast cancer could help avoid thousands of unnecessary surgeries and otherwise precisely monitor disease progression

While family history has previously been associated with the risk of Alzheimer’s, this is the first study of its kind that in these numbers indicates the risk can be detected up to four decades before the typical age of onset.