Health

The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.

Kristin Houser

Overlay of hands and abstract patterns in purple and blue tones, symbolizing hope for Parkinson's cure.

Drugs

The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.

Kevin Dickinson

A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.

Mental Health

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.

Kevin Dickinson

Public Health

Tracking heart health at home

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Can new technology help society eliminate cardiac episodes completely?

Jack Berning

Medicine

Fecal transplants help shrink cancer patients’ tumors

Fecal transplants made advanced melanoma patients who initially didn’t respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors responsive to the cancer treatment.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Biologist infects himself with parasites in pursuit of hookworm vaccine

A marine biologist intentionally infected himself with parasitic hookworms and documented it in Tweets and pictures that will make your skin crawl.

Teresa Carey

Drugs

Oral ketamine treatment reduced suicidal thoughts: Pilot study

A new, small study in Australia suggests that oral ketamine treatment may help treat suicidal thoughts.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Trees and insects helped create Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine was nearly 90% effective in a U.K. trial — and the ingredients for the promising subunit vaccine came from insects and trees.

Kristin Houser

Biology

Smart stem cells made from fat have the power to heal

Researchers have reprogrammed human fat cells into adaptive smart stem cells that can lie dormant and heal various tissues.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Fauci predicts universal COVID-19 vaccine availability by April

Anthony Fauci expects April will be “open season” for COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s why his prediction about COVID-19 vaccine availability appears accurate.

Kristin Houser

Mental Health

Google trends reveal a boredom pandemic. How can we help?

Google trends showed that online searches for subjects linked to boredom and loneliness jumped dramatically, according to a study.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Ask the crowd: When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Volunteers are creating online tools powered by crowdsourced data to help people answer the question: where and when can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Kristin Houser

Surgery

Man's double hand & face transplant may be first to succeed

Five months post-surgery, a double hand and face transplant recipient shows no signs of transplant rejection, suggesting the procedure was a success.

Kristin Houser

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