Christina had tried dieting and exercise before. The weight always came off but then crept back on, especially after she gave birth to her son in 2022.

Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer critical protection to vulnerable populations. Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer critical protection to vulnerable populations.

To expand access to medicines, two advocates call for rethinking intellectual property's role in global health.

Efforts intensify to ferry large-molecule medicines into the brain, following the first FDA approval of an engineered biologic that overcomes delivery hurdles. Efforts intensify to ferry large-molecule medicines into the brain, following the first FDA approval of an engineered biologic that overcomes delivery hurdles.

For many young people with the condition, screen interactions are especially hard to resist — and intensify the mental-health challenges they face. For many young people with the condition, screen interactions are especially hard to resist — and intensify the mental-health challenges they face.

Fresh treatments shift the focus from symptom management to repair, and help children with skin conditions to live active lives. Fresh treatments shift the focus from symptom management to repair, and help children with skin conditions to live active lives.

The Department of Defense is continuing to bankroll projects to develop vaccines against deadly pathogens. The Department of Defense is continuing to bankroll projects to develop vaccines against deadly pathogens.

Next-generation obesity drugs will work differently from Ozempic and Wegovy — aiming to deliver greater weight loss with fewer side effects. Next-generation obesity drugs will work differently from Ozempic and Wegovy — aiming to deliver greater weight loss with fewer side effects.

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery. MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery.

Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs. Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.

The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects. The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.

Elected to make America healthy again, the actions of the Trump administration have undermined health globally.

The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels. The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels.

Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed. Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed.

With organoids, assembloids and a growing toolkit of bioengineering tricks, scientists are stitching together models of the developing human brain — and pushing the limits of realism and control. With organoids, assembloids and a growing toolkit of bioengineering tricks, scientists are stitching together models of the developing human brain — and pushing the limits of realism and control.

Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology. Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.

A physician-scientist touts the therapeutic potential of vagus nerve stimulation.

Sarah Tabrizi is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025. Sarah Tabrizi is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Synthetic peptide fixes biomolecular condensates, revealing how these enigmatic cell structures actually work. Synthetic peptide fixes biomolecular condensates, revealing how these enigmatic cell structures actually work.