Discovering new ways to use existing drugs can come about intentionally or by chance. Sometimes physicians or patients notice an unanticipated beneficial effect from a drug. One example is sildenafil, ...

In the fight against superbugs, research laboratories are looking into the past, not the future. "We cannot develop a drug that will be used again and again without the risk of resistance occurring," ...

The process for discovering drugs tends to be based on the same kind of pigeonholing that doctors use to treat disease: Parkinson’s is one disease, Crohn’s is something completely separate. A new ...

When the first indoor shopping mall opened, creator Victor Gruen envisioned the surrounding area being developed into a more European-style town center. Instead, it grew into something he despised.