Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling ...

In another departure from its core focus on genetic medicines, Vertex Pharma has agreed a $4.9 billion purchase of Alpine Immune Sciences, adding a mid-stage drug candidate for kidney disease IgA ...

Three people with type 1 diabetes who received Vertex Pharma’s islet cell therapy VX-880 have been able to come off insulin altogether within a year, raising the prospect of a life without regular ...