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Scientists are warning that a microscopic predator is quietly exploiting the world’s warming and aging water systems, ...

If you look at a stock chart mapping the performance of the State Street SPDR S&P Biotech exchange-traded fund since early 2021, it seems to tell a simple story: The biotech sector has been a disaster ...

Biotech stocks are emerging from a four-year slump. The SPDR S&P Biotech exchange-traded fund XBI, a proxy for the sector, is up 25% so far this year through Oct. 31, beating the S&P 500 SPX by 9 ...

Reader, beware: You’re entering haunted grounds. Welcome to the Fierce Biotech Graveyard, a yearly ritual where we remember all the biotechs we lost in 2025. While we're embracing the spooky spirit of ...

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, an East Boothbay nonprofit research institute focused on global ocean health, last week launched a program called Blue Biotech Innovation Ecosystem that aims to ...

Commentary: Biotechnology lets scientists engineer natural ingredients into products, often more sustainably than if they were farmed. Here's what to know. Deenie is a CNET Perspectives contributor ...

Few neighborhoods in Cambridge have seen their fortunes change as dramatically as Kendall Square. Kendall was once known for churning out soap and vulcanized rubber, then manufacturing electronics as ...

In September 2024, Akeso, a little-known Chinese biopharmaceutical company, announced that clinical trials had shown that its new drug could halt the progression of a type of lung cancer for nearly a ...

China’s biotech sector is surging. For the first time, it now leads the world in clinical trials and new drug licensing. The U.S., once the undisputed leader in pharmaceutical innovation, risks losing ...

Each morning for eight weeks, Douley Olivier dragged himself out of bed at 5 a.m. to drop his girlfriend at work so he could drive her car across Dorchester to train as a lab technician in the ...