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

Coronavirus

Moderna applies for approval of COVID-19 vaccine for children

Moderna has asked the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

America’s “Test to Treat” has failed. Here’s how to fix it.

So far, Test to Treat has largely failed to get antivirals for COVID-19 to patients that need them — but the initiative can still be fixed.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Computer-designed miniproteins unleash a whole new kind of drugs

Using a computer program, researchers have created miniproteins that they hope can lead to new drugs.

B. David Zarley

Healthcare

This wristband tells you what food to buy based on your DNA

By analyzing genetic code determining susceptibility to health conditions like diabetes, it tells you which foods are best for you.

Douglas Broom

Medicine

T cells and viruses, an unlikely duo, team up to kill tumors

A new Mayo Clinic-developed immunotherapy combining CAR-T cells and cancer-killing viruses looks promising in mouse models.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

Drug to treat alcoholism could also safely reduce anxiety

The alcoholism treatment disulfiram may be able to serve double-duty as an anti-anxiety medication, according to mouse studies.

Kristin Houser

Biology

We overwash our bodies because bad odors are uniquely disgusting

Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.

Peter Rogers

Healthcare

Bacteria living inside tumors help cancer spread through the blood

Intracellular bacteria promote cancer metastasis by enhancing the tumor cells' resistance to mechanical stress in the bloodstream.

Peter Rogers

Biology

New $5-device allows healthy sperm cells to isolate themselves

About 10% of men are infertile, and often their sperm is to blame. This device could help separate the healthy cells from the others.

Peter Rogers

Biology

Build strength with only three seconds of weight lifting per day?

Researchers have found that a four-week program consisting of three seconds of weight lifting per day for five days a week boosts strength.

Ross Pomeroy

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