The word “biopsy” typically conjures images of large needles. Lab technicians—and scientists working to discover new medicines—need enough tissue from a patient to prepare and evaluate a sample.

Using new technologies, researchers have developed a deeper understanding of how cells function, changing conceptions of disease.

Over the next 15 years chronic disease like cancer and heart disease will become major killers in Sub-Saharan Africa. A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit explains why.

Chronic diseases kill 38 million people per year worldwide; almost three-quarters of those deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. It’s time to act.

In Australia, a country where skin cancer rates remain high, cancer survivor Malcolm Caddies is on a mission to prevent the risks of sun exposure.