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

Biology

Which microbes live in your gut? A microbiologist tries at-home test kits

A microbiologist looks at how home test kits work, what kind of information they provide and if they can really help change your gut.

Benjamin Wolfe

Wearables

You no longer need a prescription to buy hearing aids in the US

The FDA is making over-the-counter hearing aids available to Americans, potentially making the devices cheaper and more accessible.

Kristin Houser

Mental Health

New kind of schizophrenia drug aces human trial

KarXT, a new schizophrenia treatment that addresses a wider range of symptoms than existing meds, has aced a phase 3 trial.

Kristin Houser

Surgery

Eye implant made from pig skin reverses blindness in 14 people

Using collagen from pig skin, Swedish researchers created an artificial cornea that reversed blindness in 14 people.

Kristin Houser

Virology

Viruses may one day treat inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers have created a cocktail of viruses that may be able to treat inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s.

B. David Zarley

Virology

Nanoparticle sensor can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia

MIT researchers have designed a sensor that can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia infections.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Coronavirus

Yale study finds low levels of a hormone may predict long COVID

Yale and Icahn School of Medicine researchers may have found biomarkers for identifying long COVID.

B. David Zarley

Genetics

Cells become zombies when the ends of their chromosomes are damaged

Damage to the ends of the chromosomes can create “zombie cells” that are still alive but can’t function, researchers say.

Ryan Barnes and Patricia Opresko

Public Health

Only human Lyme vaccine in development enters phase 3 trial

Pfizer and French biotech Valneva have announced a phase 3 clinical trial testing the human Lyme vaccine.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

Half of all vaccines are wasted. A gel could save them.

A new hydrogel that wraps around heat-sensitive molecules could help prevent vaccine waste by keeping them viable at higher temperatures.

Kristin Houser

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