Health

a stylized image of a person injecting themselves with a GLP-1 agonist
Medicine
Are weight-loss meds the next wonder drugs?
Evidence is mounting that GLP-1 agonists could treat many health issues — including ones that aren’t obviously related to weight.
Kristin Houser
A surgeon in scrubs and a headlamp performs a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, assisted by another healthcare professional, under bright surgical lights.
Surgery
First-of-its-kind pig kidney transplant is a success
A woman with heart and kidney failure is now the second person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant.
Kristin Houser
white pills being poured from a milk container over a black background
Medicine
Milk could overcome one of the biggest hurdles to RNA therapies
RNA therapies typically break down if administered orally, but particles found in cows’ milk could provide perfect protection.
Kristin Houser
Medicine
Why we need a universal flu vaccine
Ian Setliff and Amyn Murji
Virology
Paige and the virus hunter
Kaitlin Ugolik
Virology
Fighting superbugs with viruses
Virology
Air travel could be stopping the next plague
Daniel Bier
Genetics
We're mapping 100 trillion human cells (and all of their genes)
Mark Atkinson
Medicine
To eradicate TB, we need old-fashioned ambition
Madhukar Pai
VR
Bringing virtual reality to brain surgery
In partnership with Intel
Medicine
The 2018 Nobel Prize could mark a turning point in the war on cancer
Duane Mitchell
The future of cancer research
In partnership with Intel
DIY
Can DIY science (finally) cut the cost of insulin?