Health

A person wearing blue gloves operates a piece of scientific equipment, handling small yellow cubes that are immersed in a cryogenic container.
Fertility
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
Fluorescence microscopy image showing bacteria shaped like rods, glowing in blue against a dark background after exposure to antibiotics.
Medicine
When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteria
Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health | MIT News
Three chickens, with one overlayed by a microscope image of the flu virus, on a black background
Public Health
The threat of avian flu — and what we can do to stop it
Kristin Houser
hands holding a COVID-19 test
Coronavirus
What’s next for COVID-19 drugs?
Kristin Houser
A close up of an older person's hands. One hand is rubbing the wrist of the other, as if to relieve pain
Medicine
Old drug appears to halt progression of Parkinson’s motor symptoms
Kristin Houser
A composite image juxtaposing DNA sequencing with a laboratory environment
Medicine
One-shot gene therapy reverses vision loss in small trial
Kristin Houser
Close-up split-image of a mouse with one half in natural color and the other half in a pink hue
Aging
One shot recreates younger immune systems, in mice
Kristin Houser
A person using a tablet with futuristic augmented reality interfaces, connecting with various professionals in a modern workspace environment.
Healthcare
How patients are using technology to kick-start a healthcare revolution
Kevin Dickinson
An abstract collage of overlapping images with varying textures and color saturation, depicting parts of a human face.
Mental Health
How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains
Lawson R. Wulsin
Abstract collage of various textures and patterns, overlapping geometric shapes, and a segment of a genetic chart related to Lyme disease.
Healthcare
A protein found in human sweat may protect against Lyme disease
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
A laser beam hitting the curved surface of a metallic strip, producing a visible red dot and reflection near a pacemaker.
Medicine
Pacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and lets the heart to function more naturally
Pengju Li