Penicillin fungi growing on a bunch of moldy red grapes. The mold, which is often found on foods, produces Penicillin G, a potent antibacterial ... more

A vessel floats past an administration building of Bayer AG wrapped in a foil in the shape of a giant "Aspirin" box. The giant billboard marks the ... more

Type 1 diabetic Tamara Khachatoorian holds her bottles of insulin at the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in Los Angeles. Insulin regulates the sugar ... more

Justin Noynay has his upper lips covered with a plaster after surgery at a hospital in Manila. Plasters, also called band-aids in the U.S., were ... more

A worker arranges Hepatitis-A vaccines for packing at a pharmaceutical company in Beijing. Hepatitis occurs in three types, A, B, and C and affects ... more

Gynecologist Arquimedes Hernandez performs an ultrasound scan on a mother-to-be at the "integrated hospital" in Cuetzalan, Mexico. The technology ... more

Computed tomography (CT) is a very advanced way of using x-rays to obtain a three dimensional image of the body. A CT scan usually results in various ... more

Dr Ian Wilmut, leader of the team that created Dolly the sheep - the world's first mammal cloned from an adult cell - faces her as she goes on ... more

The AbioCor implantable replacement heart, the world's first self-contained mechanical heart, was implanted in a patient during a seven-hour ... more