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

Virology

New Ebola antibodies neutralize the most dangerous strains of the virus

Researchers have found two new antibodies which bind to the most dangerous strains of Ebola.

B. David Zarley

Food

Blasting mushrooms with UV light boosts vitamin D by 4,600%

Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.

Peter Rogers

Coronavirus

China’s COVID-19 cases surge, with low elderly vaccination rates

China’s “zero-COVID” policies may be contributing to a surge of cases that has forced 50 million people into lockdown.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Safer painkillers: A novel drug treats pain without killing people

Painkillers have nasty side effects, such as organ damage or addiction. Researchers have discovered a new drug that may cause none of these.

Peter Rogers

Aging

Anti-aging isn’t a scam, but immortality almost certainly is

A new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?

Peter Rogers

Mental Health

Hugging a cushion that “breathes” can reduce anxiety

A study found that hugging a cushion that “breathes” was able to reduce anxiety for students prior to a test as much as guided meditation.

Kristin Houser

Genetics

Clues to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hidden in the dark genome

A new study suggests that the causes of these disorders are hidden in "dark genes," which may account for the enigma of their development.

Peter Rogers

Public Health

Moderna will develop mRNA vaccines for Ebola, malaria, other major threats

Moderna is developing mRNA vaccines for 15 “priority" pathogens and launching a program giving other developers access to its mRNA tech.

Kristin Houser

Virology

Scientists discover how the AIDS virus breaks cellular “lockdown”

HIV replication continues even when infected cells shut down. New research shows how.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

Psychosomatic illness: Are some diseases caused by our memories?

The brain appears to remember immune responses, and memories can trigger them to happen again.

Peter Rogers

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