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

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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

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Biology

Your microbiome is influenced by the people you hang out with

The human microbiome is largely influenced by our social interactions, according to the largest study to date of microbiome transmission.

Kristin Houser

A 3D illustration of a macrophage engulfing bacteria

Biology

mRNA could train our blood cells to stop chronic inflammation

A new study has identified the substance used by our white blood cells to reduce inflammation when it is no longer needed.

Sam Jarman

Neuroscience

New blood test predicts Alzheimer’s 3.5 years in advance

A blood sample and machine learning helps predict whether people with mild cognitive impairment will soon develop Alzheimer’s.

Ross Pomeroy

Healthcare

Simple tweak to cancer treatment reduces relapse risk by 28%

Delivering chemotherapy to colon cancer patients before and after surgery — instead of just after — reduces their risk of recurrence by 28%.

Kristin Houser

Brain

This “ultrasound vortex” can quickly clear blood clots

Using spiraling ultrasound waves, researchers hope to remove stroke-causing blood clots faster and safer.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Microbiome-safe method could head off Staph infection

A microbiome-friendly method of controlling Staph colonization has aced phase 2 clinical trials.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

This “living medicine” can eliminate a deadly lung infection

Researchers have engineered bacteria to create a “living medicine” against a nasty respiratory bug.

B. David Zarley

Mental Health

Study suggests that exercise should be prescribed to mental health patients

Researchers concluded that exercise should be prescribed to patients with mental health issues before psychiatric drugs.

Derek Beres

Mental Health

New biomarker test accurately predicts who will respond to antidepressant

Alto Neuroscience’s depression drug seems effective in early trials, a proof-of-concept for biomarker-based design.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

New mRNA vaccine factory is made from shipping containers

BioNTech is sending a modular mRNA vaccine factory that can produce 50 million COVID-19 vaccines annually to Africa.

Kristin Houser

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