Compounds block a protein involved in many cancers by cementing it shut.

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.

Most people have never heard of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease that affects approximately 1 in 6,000 babies born worldwide each year. Innovative research may produce treatments for patients suffering from SMA and other rare diseases.

Novartis taps MOOC technology to share chemistry education with the world

Why are some sickle cell disease patients protected from the disease? Learn about our biomedical research in the field.

Read how nature's medicine chest empowers our drug discovery chemists to advance biomedical research

How two years in a Novartis lab changed Johnny Castillo’s life.

Three years after discussing how to reuse an old scientific measuring device, Novartis scientists are now testing this idea as part of an innovative research project.