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

Biology

Researchers convert donor lungs to universal blood type

A new study reveals that if donor organs were treated with specific enzymes, any organ could become "universal" and be more compatible with recipients of any blood type.

Teresa Carey

Medicine

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could treat autoimmune disorders, genetic diseases, and more

Using DNA or an mRNA vaccine, researchers are investigating the feasibility of essentially replacing missing genes that cause disease.

Deborah Fuller

An artists representation of coronavirus

Medicine

Despite its disastrous effects, COVID-19 offers some gifts to medicine

While it’s still too early to draw conclusions, there's emerging evidence between autoimmune disorders and the virus that causes COVID-19.

Dario Ghersi

Virology

Moderna is developing a herpes vaccine

Moderna is developing a herpes vaccine that could protect you against the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world.

Kristin Houser

A pile of empty prescription pill bottles.

Drugs

Opioid overdose: A bioethicist explains why restricting supply may not be the right solution

Since the unpredictability of drug supply increases overdose risk, making the drug supply predictable should be part of the solution, right?

Travis N. Rieder

Apps

Insulin pump can be controlled with an app

A new app lets insulin pump users deliver doses remotely, making it easier to manage diabetes discretely and conveniently

Kristin Houser

CRISPR

We can now use CRISPR to fight tick-borne diseases

U.S. researchers have overcome a hurdle that was preventing the use of CRISPR to fight tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease.

Kristin Houser

Atlantic horseshoe crab at St. Lucie County Marine Center in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, U.S.A.

Medicine

Horseshoe crabs are drained for their blue blood. That practice will soon be over.

One of humanity’s strangest and most macabre activities is slowly coming to an end, a trend that every horseshoe crab should celebrate.

Matt Davis

Biology

Golden blood: The rarest blood type in the world

Golden blood, despite sounding like medical nonsense, is actually the nickname for Rh-null, the world’s rarest blood type.

Kevin Dickinson

CRISPR

Mutation protecting against Alzheimer’s edited into human cells

Scientists have used CRISPR to edit the "Icelandic mutation," which protects carriers against Alzheimer's, into human cells.

Kristin Houser

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