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

Addiction

Trial of opioid vaccine launches in US

An opioid vaccine that prevents people with opioid use disorder from feeling “high” when they take oxycodone is moving to human trials.

Kristin Houser

Public Health

How we doubled our life expectancy in the last 100 years

“The idea of taking a pill and getting better is actually a very recent invention.”

Hope Reese

Medicine

mRNA cancer treatment shrinks tumors in mice

An mRNA cancer treatment in human trials has proven incredibly effective in mice, shrinking tumors in 85% of the rodents tested.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Moderna’s new vaccine targets COVID-19, the flu, and RSV

Moderna is developing a combination vaccine to protect against COVID-19, seasonal influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus.

Kristin Houser

Bionics

New bionic arm is incredibly close to the real thing

A new bionic arm is so intuitive, wearers think and behave like people without amputations while using it to perform everyday tasks.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

Study: COVID-19 booster shots dramatically reduce infection risk

A large COVID-19 booster shot study in Israel found that a third dose significantly increased seniors’ protection against the coronavirus.

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

UK researchers are growing the Delta variant for human challenge trials

Responding to the variant’s rise, UK researchers are growing the Delta variant for trials.

B. David Zarley

Medicine

A blood test for your circadian clock

Your circadian clock controls more than when you sleep and wake. Researchers are developing a simple blood test to try and accurately tell your time.

B. David Zarley

Sports

Cambridge researchers have created a mathematical model for building muscle

Now there’s a mathematical model that could maximize the effectiveness of exercise.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

One antibody stops all strains of COVID-19 from infecting cells

A newly discovered antibody can neutralize all strains of COVID-19 and every other sarbecovirus known to infect humans.

Kristin Houser

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