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

Public Health

Three more nations eliminate sleeping sickness as a public health threat

Sleeping sickness is a horrifying disease mainly impacting the rural poor. But three more African nations have succeeded in curtailing its threat.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Why at-home STI tests may (finally) be about to take off

Inspired by the home testing of the pandemic and rising STI cases, some experts think that more accessible testing may be an important public health tool.

B. David Zarley

Brain

This already-approved drug could help repair the brain after stroke

Ohio State researchers have found that an already approved anticonvulsant drug helps increase stroke recovery in mice.

B. David Zarley

Food

New gene-edited tomatoes boost vitamin D levels

As many as a billion people may be suffering from vitamin D deficiency.

Ross Pomeroy

Biology

Study reveals the dynamics of human milk production

MIT researchers performed a large-scale study of the cells in human breast milk, allowing them to track how these cells change over time.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Surgery

UK man receives double hand transplant to treat rare disease

UK surgeons have performed the world’s first double hand transplant to treat scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease.

Kristin Houser

Genetics

A new treatment may cure neuropathic pain

A gene therapy tested in animals may be a safe, permanent, and non-addictive treatment for neuropathic pain in humans.

Francina Agosti

Medicine

New surgery implants living, 3D-printed body parts

A 3D-printed outer ear made from the patient’s own cells has been implanted.

B. David Zarley

Genetics

Genetic mutations can be benign or cancerous – here’s a new way to identify them

Identifying the difference between normal genetic variation and disease-causing mutations is vital for determining a person's treatment.

Ryan Layer

Memory

HIV drug could improve memory

The common HIV drug maraviroc improved memory linking in aging mice and might be able to help people experiencing memory loss, too.

Kristin Houser

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