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

Surgery

Magnetic “seed” heats and kills tumors in new cancer therapy

A novel cancer therapy uses a magnetic “seed” to precisely target and kill brain tumor cells without the need for open brain surgery.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

MIT tests pill to deliver RNA vaccines and therapies

A tortoise-inspired capsule designed by MIT can deliver RNA vaccines and other nucleic acid therapeutics without injections.

Kristin Houser

Brain

Cataract surgery associated with lower risk of dementia

In a new study of thousands of patients, those who had cataract surgery had a reduction in dementia risk.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Guinea worm disease is near eradication, Carter Center says

After decades of work, cases of human Guinea worm disease are in the double digits — putting elimination of the painful infection in sight.

B. David Zarley

Canada approves psychedelic therapy

A new amendment approving psychedelic-assisted therapies on a case-by-case basis has taken effect.

B. David Zarley

Drugs

Drug that cleans up cholesterol may reduce post stroke dementia

Researchers look to an FDA-approved drug ingredient that can "scoop-up" and store cholesterol and possibly stave off post stroke dementia.

Teresa Carey

Biology

Brain implant translates thought to text

A paralyzed man used a brain-computer interface to send the first "direct-thought tweet."

Teresa Carey

Robotics

Surgery robot outperforms humans at “keyhole surgery”

Johns Hopkins' autonomous surgery robot, STAR, performed a tricky keyhole surgery on live pigs better than a human surgeon could.

Kristin Houser

Genetics

Gene therapy shows promise at treating severe form of epilepsy

A new Dravet syndrome treatment that targets genes could help extend the lives of people with the rare, but severe form of epilepsy.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Harm reduction vending machines are coming to New York

New York City has announced a pilot program installing public health vending machines with overdose drugs and clean needles.

B. David Zarley

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