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

Deal brings COVID-19 vaccines into conflict zones

The U.S. has brokered a deal between Johnson & Johnson and the COVAX initiative to get COVID-19 vaccines to people in conflict zones.

Kristin Houser

DeepMind’s AI lights path to faster drug development

Alphabet has announced the launch of Isomorphic Labs, an AI-driven drug discovery company built on research from its DeepMind subsidiary.

Kristin Houser

Fertility

Can testicular tissue restore childhood cancer survivors’ fertility?

A procedure that used frozen testicular tissue to restore fertility in animals could soon do the same for childhood cancer survivors.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Pfizer’s antiviral pill cuts COVID-19 hospitalization, death by 89%

Pfizer’s antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89%, according to early results from a phase 2/3 trial.

Kristin Houser

Mental Health

Scientists relieve depression with magnetic brain stimulation

Researchers at Stanford University believe they've developed an effective and quick-acting technique to treat challenging cases of depression — using magnetic brain stimulation.

Teresa Carey

Surgery

Tissue implant extends lives of children born with athymia

A treatment that could dramatically extend the lives of children born with the rare condition athymia has been approved by the FDA.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Rhode Island will be the first state to open safe drug consumption sites

In an important test of drug harm reduction techniques, Rhode Island is set to become the first state to open safe consumption sites.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

A new clue in why oral vaccines don’t work as well in developing countries

Oral vaccines are crucial to public health, but work worse where they are needed most. A new mouse study has a potential reason why.

B. David Zarley

Biohacking

A brain implant lets a blind person see again — without using their eyes

A former science teacher who had been blind for 16 years received a brain implant that allowed her to see shapes again.

Teresa Carey

Biology

Rwanda is blasting killer mosquitoes with drones

Rwanda is deploying drones to target mosquito larvae — spraying anti-mosquito insecticides in areas where the frequency of mosquito-borne illness remains high.

Teresa Carey

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