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

Brain

Shape-shifting DNA is helping researchers decode the human brain

Researcher Nako Nakatsuka has turned to DNA to tackle an important challenge: how do we measure chemicals in the brain?

B. David Zarley

Healthcare

What’s causing the alarming rise in cancer for adults under 50?

A new review finds that 14 different cancers, including eight related to the digestive system, are increasing in people under age 50.

Ross Pomeroy

Memory

Brain-zapping tech improves memory by more than 50%

A brain-zapping "memory prosthesis" funded by DARPA improved trial participants' ability to retain new information by more than 50%.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

I’ve had COVID and am constantly getting colds. Did COVID harm my immune system?

Does COVID somehow weaken the immune system to make us more prone to other infectious diseases? Here's what scientists know.

Lara Herrero

Medicine

For the first time, scientists can switch cancer-fighting cells on and off

While it can be effective, CAR-T cancer therapy can also cause dangerous side effects. But a new on/off switch could change that.

B. David Zarley

Mental Health

Creatine shows promise as a treatment for depression, boosting the effects of SSRIs and potentially working as a standalone medication.

Ross Pomeroy

Medicine

New treatment “starves” aggressive brain tumors in mice

A treatment that “starved” aggressive glioblastoma tumors in the brains of mice suggests a way to finally fight the deadly cancer in humans.

Kristin Houser

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Neuroscience

Are near-death experiences just psychedelic trips?

One possible explanation of near death experiences is that our brains are flooded with a hallucinogenic, DMT.

Ross Pomeroy

Drugs

Meth addiction treatments are finally on the horizon

New antibody and drug therapies may soon help treat meth patients, who currently have no pharmacological interventions.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

An old anti-psychotic offers a new way to treat chronic pain

Researchers have found that an old anti-psychotic drug may have implications for chronic pain and cancer.

B. David Zarley

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