In a move that many will regard as long overdue, the Nobel committee honoured Sydney Brenner with the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. John Sulston and Robert Horvitz will share the prize that ...

What is the history of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine? This year's Prize, set at 11 million Swedish kronor (about $1.06 million USD), is yet another recognition of genetic discovery.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) recently hosted an engaging dialogue featuring three Nobel Prize winners, drawing nearly 200 students, faculty members and guests on campus, ...

Victor Ambros (l) and Gary Ruvkun (r) share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their ...

The prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings see past Nobel winners share their knowledge with some of the world’s ...

Is Rosalind Franklin a ghost that still haunts the history of genomic science? Alan Booth looks into her remarkable story ...

The 4th edition of the BIAL Foundation's international award, the BIAL Award in Biomedicine, is underway, with nominations open until 30 June. This edition, with a significant increase in the prize ...

As recently as 1900, American colleges and universities educated too few students and did too little research. One way to gauge that is to examine the Nobel Laureates in the ...

Pity the Nobel committee now trying to make its selection for the next prize in physiology or medicine, soon to be announced. The committee has a very difficult task. The five-member group at the ...

President Trump has threatened to cancel billions of dollars in research funding for some of our premier private universities including Cornell, Princeton, Northwestern, and others if they don’t ...

Peter Loftus is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Philadelphia covering the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries. He has written about Covid-19 vaccines, advances in cancer treatments, ...