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

Antibody cocktail highly effective at preventing COVID-19

An antibody cocktail developed by biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca was highly effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections.

Kristin Houser

Prosthetics

Tiny magnetic beads and turkeys may lead to better prosthetic limbs

MIT and Brown researchers have developed a technique using implanted magnetic beads that they hope will lead to better control of prosthetic limbs.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

Brain-wide gene editing may one day treat Alzheimer’s

Researchers have developed a brain-wide gene editing technique that treated Alzheimer’s disease in mice.

B. David Zarley

3D Printing

Researchers have 3D-printed an active tumor

Tel Aviv University researchers have 3D-printed an active glioblastoma tumor, potentially paving a way to better study the lethal brain cancer.

B. David Zarley

Prosthetics

MIT has created an inflatable prosthetic hand

MIT researchers have created a soft, inflatable prosthetic hand that provides advanced abilities at a fraction of the cost and weight.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

India’s DNA vaccine for COVID-19 gets emergency approval

India has granted emergency approval to the world's first DNA vaccine for COVID-19.

B. David Zarley

Coronavirus

Pfizer’s shot is the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer’s shot has become the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, making the transition from emergency use authorization on August 23.

Kristin Houser

Public Health

Beyond Sunday Service: How one Montgomery church is bringing health equity to their community

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In partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

A grassroots approach to vaccine education is happening in the heart of the civil rights movement in Alabama. Does this church hold the key to overcoming medical mistrust?

Stephen Johnson

Healthcare

How a brain implant can stop pain instantly (in rats)

A new brain implant can instantly detect pain signals and provide bursts of stimulation that are pain-relieving. Researchers have shown it to be successful in rodents.

Teresa Carey

Fertility

Scientists grew healthy mice from artificial eggs cells and ovaries

For the first time, researchers have created mice from egg cells and ovaries grown from stem cells.

Teresa Carey

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