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

Medicine

Understanding cancer’s “dark matter”

Researchers have discovered that cancer’s epigenome — changes to how genes are expressed that aren’t mutations — may play a key role in its behavior.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

FDA approves first-of-its-kind blood cancer treatment

The FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson’s Tecvayli, a new blood cancer treatment for people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Kristin Houser

Food

What you eat can reprogram your genes

You are what you eat, and what your parents ate, and what their parents ate. An expert explains how the foods you eat can reprogram your genes.

Monica Dus

Medicine

Australian researchers have manufactured a living blood vessel

A blood vessel isn’t just a simple tube. Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed an implant capable of mimicking its complexities.

B. David Zarley

Aging

To avoid the worst effects of aging, we might need to exercise harder than we thought

To avoid one of the worst side effects of aging—bone, joint, and muscle pain—we might need to exercise a lot harder and more often.

University of Portsmouth

Wearables

New VR body suit lets you see inside your body while you exercise

A system for monitoring motion and muscle engagement could aid the elderly and athletes during physical rehabilitation.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL

Virology

Flu and RSV can fuse into a new kind of virus

In a new discovery, researchers at the University of Glasgow have observed hybrid viruses capable of infecting lung cells in the lab.

B. David Zarley

Healthcare

New smart contact lens monitors for glaucoma 24/7

Purdue researchers have created a smart, soft contact lens that can test for eye pressure, a key indicator of glaucoma, 24 hours a day.

B. David Zarley

Mental Health

It’s time to change how we think about electroshock therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy is more effective than ketamine at treating severe depression, according to a new meta-analysis.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Experimental “FLASH” cancer treatment aces first human trial

The first-in-human trial of FLASH radiotherapy found the experimental cancer treatment to be safe and effective.

Kristin Houser

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