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

Medicine

Teaching your immune system to ignore invaders

Autoimmune disorders can attack treatments. Can "reverse vaccination" keep the body at bay when necessary?

Sathy Balu-Iyer

Coronavirus

How can Moderna and Pfizer adjust vaccines for omicron? A microbiologist answers 5 questions

If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, existing vaccines might not be as effective.

Deborah Fuller

Healthcare

Microbots in your blood could help destroy cancer

Shape-shifting, magnetic microbots could become assassins for cancer — destroying tumors without the usual collateral damage on the rest of the body.

Amanda Winkler

Mental Health

Frontline healthcare workers are going to receive psilocybin therapy

University of Washington researchers are enrolling healthcare workers now in a psilocybin-assisted therapy study.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine is in human trials

A needle-free COVID-19 vaccine now in human trials could protect us against both this disease and future coronavirus outbreaks.

Kristin Houser

Virology

Blood and stool samples from 1980s link HIV to gut microbiome

A person’s chances of getting HIV appears to be influenced by the gut microbiome, suggesting it might help us prevent the disease.

Kristin Houser

Aging

Why do “young blood” transfusions help aging mice?

Young blood transfusions may combat signs of aging in older mice by increasing the production of a specific protein: Klotho.

Kristin Houser

3D Printing

UK man receives world’s first 3D-printed prosthetic eye

U.K. researchers have developed a 3D-printed prosthetic eye that’s more realistic and easier to produce than traditional ones.

Kristin Houser

Healthcare

Google rolls out new tools to help your doctor search

Google has debuted new ways to make your doctor search easier, allowing you to know what insurance they take and languages they speak.

B. David Zarley

chewing gum reduce the spread of COVID-19

Coronavirus

This chewing gum traps the coronavirus

A new chewing gum may help reduce the spread of COVID-19 by neutralizing the virus before it can leave an infected person’s mouth.

Kristin Houser

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