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

First AR-assisted knee replacement in America is a success

The United States’ first AR-assisted knee replacement surgery was a success, marking another milestone for the use of AR in healthcare.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster targets mutant strain

Moderna is trialing a COVID-19 vaccine booster designed to increase protection against a South African strain of the coronavirus.

Kristin Houser

Biology

Deep brain stimulation can treat OCD without drugs

Stimulating the brain with electricity could be a treatment for OCD. Researchers test electrical stimulation to reduce compulsive behavior.

Teresa Carey

Healthcare

Total artificial heart approved for sale in Europe

The European Commission has approved the sale of Carmat’s total artificial heart, which is designed for patients with end-stage heart failure.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Personalized skin cancer vaccine is made from tumor cells

A personalized skin cancer vaccine developed from melanoma survivors’ own tumor cells has shown promise in a small trial.

Kristin Houser

3D Printing

Doctors use AR surgery to implant 3D-printed eye socket

Doctors in Israel used a combination of AR surgery and 3D printing to repair a patient’s damaged eye socket quickly and efficiently.

Kristin Houser

AI makes nearly 100% accurate cancer diagnosis from urine

A new AI-based technique can make a nearly 100% accurate prostate cancer diagnosis from a urine sample, potentially saving patients from unneeded biopsies.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

This robot creates a GPS for your lungs

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In partnership with Intuitive

A traditional lung biopsy is incredibly invasive, but new tech is allowing doctors to get ahead of lung cancer and give patients a fighting chance.

Doug Dais

Medicine

Stomach implant tells your brain you're not hungry

A tiny implant uses LED light stimulation to stave off hunger, offering a new weight loss option, and gastric bypass alternative, for people suffering from obesity.

Teresa Carey

Virology

New discovery could stop dengue’s “breakbone” fever

Making a dengue vaccine is difficult. It’s early, but a new antibody that targets a protein the virus makes instead of the virus itself may be a solution.

B. David Zarley

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