For decades, drug developers have followed a familiar playbook: isolate a disease-causing protein, develop a biochemical assay, find molecules that bind to it, and then hope those compounds work in ...

A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralyzed by conditions such as motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury, has been developed ...

Light is a fundamental signal affecting every form of life. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks in ...