Drugs

Halo Cures, a crowdfunding startup, will usher new drugs and devices through the rockiest stage of development.

A new study helps the case for a supplement known as NR, but it’s not yet a slam dunk.

Racing against his own genetic disorder, Onno Faber is giving people with rare diseases the tools to make medicine work for them.

Leave it to the Brits to invent a synthetic alcohol that gets you properly pickled and doesn’t make you feel poisoned.

But can they manufacture it at scale?

Teleported molecules, custom genomes, and other innovations that will deliver on the technology’s biggest promises.

They’re avoiding many of the substances that got earlier generations high. But are they better off?

Pot is being packaged like fine wines and sold with bold claims about physical and psychological benefits. Does science back up the marketing pitch?

Sham treatments that work even when you know they’re fakes.

Facing troubling news in his DNA, William Trubridge displays a competitive advantage not found in his genome: equanimity. Final chapter in a three-part series

These people are all researching ways to halt or reverse aging. So what are they doing to help themselves live longer?

William Trubridge’s genome reveals some of his superpowers — and why his training is riskier than he ever imagined. Part two of a three-part series.