The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...

Protein synthesis is a complex, multistage process, and many things can go wrong along the way. At present, our knowledge of protein-synthesis error rates is limited ...

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An earlier headline incorrectly described Jeffrey Sherman as having received an injection that inspired his father to write the Disney song "A Spoonful of Sugar." Sherman did not receive an injection ...

In 2021, a unit of healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson announced “a leap forward”: It had added artificial intelligence to a medical device used to treat chronic sinusitis, an inflammation of the ...