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.

A cellular computing error wreaks havoc on vision.

The cause of a rare, inherited, often fatal kidney disease in many patients remained elusive for years, despite multiple attempts to solve the mystery. Then in 2012, a team of researchers cracked some of the unsolved cases in just six weeks.

Making clinical tools from basic research knowledge is a practice Novartis and FMI researchers pursue. Read how they want to help retinitis pigmentosa patients to see the light.

Speaking with Ganesh Prasanna, Director of Ophthalmology at NIBR.