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

Coronavirus

Immune proteins show promise as COVID-19 treatment

Immune proteins called interferons appear useful as a COVID-19 treatment if given to patients before an infection becomes severe.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Good news, bad news, and reasons to be optimistic about COVID-19

Much has evolved since the earliest predictions about COVID-19. Here's how the data is updating our view on the coronavirus.

Daniel Bier

Coronavirus

Gates Foundation backs a $3 coronavirus vaccine

The Gates Foundation is spending $150 million to help with the manufacturing and distribution of a $3 coronavirus vaccine in lower-income nations.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Urine test could replace malignant melanoma biopsies

Doctors can look to the levels of certain fluorescent molecules in the urine of malignant melanoma patients to track the progression of their skin cancer.

Kristin Houser

Mental Health

App brings psychedelic-assisted therapy into your home

The Field Trip app aims to help people get some of the benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy outside the confines of a clinic.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Is it safe to fly right now? MIT expert weighs in.

Is it safe to fly right now? An MIT professor calculated the risk of air travel during the pandemic in two different flight scenarios.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

One ayahuasca experience could have lasting effects on the brain

Researchers believe just one ayahuasca experience may be enough to have a lasting effect on the brain.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

Researchers create blueprint for the “love hormone” receptor

The shape of the love hormone receptor is finally revealed in a 3D map created by researchers at the University of Zurich.

Teresa Carey

Medicine

Medieval medicine yields modern weapons

Deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs require new weapons. Ancient and medieval medicine may point us to where to find them.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Designer antibodies could help treat and prevent COVID-19

A pair of new trials will test the ability of designer antibodies to not only treat COVID-19, but also potentially prevent coronavirus infections.

Kristin Houser

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