The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NBI) launched in 1993, when the industry was still in the midst of the original “biotech revolution.” Since then, its constituent basket has swelled from roughly 100 ...

Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

Anyone who’s tracked the individual and corporate offspring of Genentech Inc. quickly realizes the many connections within the biotech industry. Call it “Six Degrees of Art Levinson.” Now a new book ...

How does the first CRISPR treatment work? Can biotech rebound? And when is $300 million not $300 million? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s biotech podcast. With the ...

Recombinant DNA is one of the first stories in modern biotechnology history. The National Museum of American History contains collections which trace this foundational technique of genetic engineering ...