Can a pharmaceutical company do good and run a profitable business at the same time? Lutz Hegemann believes not only that it is possible, but also that this is exactly what society expects. In fact, reframing the definition of business success around d…
Can a pharmaceutical company help close the racial healthcare gap in the US? Patrice Matchaba thinks so. His plans involve an initiative designed to bring about foundational change by tapping into the potential of underserved communities.“We need to en…
“She was the picture of health,” recalls Andrea Myers, a cancer physician and scientist at Novartis. Seven years ago, Myers’ young and fit former medical school classmate was diagnosed – inexplicably – with lung cancer. She died two years later. A lung…
Your body has a built-in sensor that self-assembles inside cells in response to a threat. This danger-sensing system is a large piece of cellular machinery, but until 20 years ago, no one knew it existed.Today, however, scientists have learned that thi…
With the approval of several COVID-19 vaccines, there is growing hope that the world might find a way to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges remain – including a bottleneck in manufacturing that is making it hard for companies to meet demand. In resp…
Cells have a built-in search and delete function. The existence of such a system came as a surprise 30 years ago, when researchers experimenting with petunias discovered it accidentally.Today, however, scientists are wielding that capability as powerfu…
If you took all the people on Earth with atherosclerosis and moved them to a single country, it would be the most populous nation on the planet. Those relocated would wonder why they were chosen, because their condition – caused by high cholesterol – i…
One of the biggest game-changing advancements in cancer care came about 20 years ago when researchers learned that they could create medicines that selectively jam up cancer’s growth machinery without damaging the rest of the body. Today these medicine…
In the late 1800s, at a time when people still traveled in horse-drawn carriages and lit homes with wax candles, scientists discovered nuclear power. They found curious elements, such as uranium and radium, which emit invisible rays of energy. They cal…
In response to dry soil, a sensor in a garden triggers a sprinkler to deliver a shower of rain. Disaster strikes, though, if the sensor gets stuck in the “on” position. The shower turns into a stalled storm that floods the garden.A similar problem can …