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

Aging

10-second balance test is a powerful predictor of death for older adults

Adults aged 51-75 who were unable to balance on one foot for ten seconds had an 84% higher risk of death than their peers who could.

Ross Pomeroy

Drugs

Psychedelic research returns to Veterans Affairs

After decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs is once again investigating psychedelic therapies.

B. David Zarley

Virology

Universal flu vaccine enters phase 1 trials

NIAID researchers have begun a phase 1 trial of a new universal vaccine candidate that was promising in animal challenge studies.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

A new delivery method for drugs that can’t withstand stomach acid

In order for a drug to get to the small intestine, it must first get past the highly acidic environment of the stomach.

Murugappan Muthukumar and Khatcher O. Margossian

Medicine

Two FDA-approved drugs may improve Alzheimer’s symptoms

A retrospective study found that Alzheimer’s symptoms improved in patients who took two FDA-approved drugs that treat psychiatric disorders.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Yale study of DMT for depression is encouraging

Yale researchers have conducted a small study finding DMT is safe and tolerable enough for more research.

B. David Zarley

Drones

UK tries cancer meds by drone

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is using drone deliveries to make it easier for cancer patients to obtain chemotherapy.

Kristin Houser

Surgery

How three kids got kidney transplants without immunosuppressants

Stanford researchers have developed a new technique that allowed three children to receive kidney transplants without immunosuppressants.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

He lost his baby daughter. Then he turned his grief into a tool for NICU parents.

After losing his daughter, a father found a way to help other NICU parents.

B. David Zarley

Wearables

“Muscle shirt” increases arm endurance by more than 200%

The Myoshirt acts like “wearable muscles,” using sensors and AI to help people with upper-limb impairments move their arms.

Kristin Houser

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