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

Drugs

The first FDA-approved clinical trial of psilocin has begun

“This has never been done before,” says Filament’s CEO.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Nasal COVID-19 vaccines prepare for infection right where it starts – in your nose and throat

Intranasal vaccines are best suited to protect against pathogens that enter through the nose, like the flu or the coronavirus.

Mayuresh Abhyankar

Coronavirus

FDA authorizes new COVID-19 vaccine — and it’s not like the others

The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for biotech company Novavax’s protein-based COVID-19 vaccine.

Kristin Houser

Aging

People who read live longer than those who don’t, Yale researchers say

A study by Yale researchers finds that reading books in particular returns cognitive gains that increase longevity.

Laurie Vazquez

CRISPR

CRISPR cure for high cholesterol enters first human trial

A trial testing a new CRISPR-based treatment to lower cholesterol has officially kicked off in New Zealand.

Kristin Houser

Brain

After death, you’re aware that you’ve died, say scientists

How can we know that we're dead after we die? Some evidence attributes a certain neurological phenomenon to a near death experience.

Philip Perry

Surgery

NYU performs two more pig-to-human heart transplants

Two pig-to-human heart transplants performed by surgeons at NYU Langone Health showed all the signs of success.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

An old HIV drug may treat Down syndrome

A common HIV drug could potentially be a Down syndrome treatment, improving cognition in mouse models of the condition.

B. David Zarley

Robotics

Nanoparticles may automatically clean your teeth one day

Shapeshifting nanoparticles may one day lead to automated oral care.

B. David Zarley

Surgery

FDA may soon allow pig organ transplant trials

With pig transplantation looking increasingly viable, the FDA may soon allow clinical trials of the technique to begin.

B. David Zarley

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