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

Healthcare

Lucky accident shows how immune system can beat MRSA without antibiotics

Researchers have accidentally found that blocking caspase enzymes can make mouse immune responses more robust.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Door-to-door vaccination campaign reaches the most vulnerable

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In partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

An equitable door-to-door vaccination campaign might be just what it takes to help the U.S.’s most vulnerable communities fight COVID-19.

Stephen Johnson

Healthcare

This artificial heart uses magnets and spinning disks to reinvent the heart

Researchers have built an artificial heart: a titanium, pumpless, device with spinning magnets.

Teresa Carey

Healthcare

Is the US military testing an anti-aging pill?

The U.S. military is developing an anti-aging pill that is designed to inhibit performance reduction that comes with aging.

Teresa Carey

Inventions

The world’s first needle-free diabetes test

A needle-free diabetes test that measures glucose levels from saliva, not blood, could be ready for consumers as soon as 2023.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Neuroprosthesis lets paralyzed man “speak” whole words again

An experimental neuroprosthesis that translates brain activity into words on a computer screen has given a paralyzed man back his “voice.”

Kristin Houser

Coronavirus

CRISPR halts coronavirus transmission in human cells

A new CRISPR treatment that halted coronavirus transmission in human cells could be the easy-to-distribute COVID-19 drug the world needs.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Yale study: magic mushrooms may grow connections between brain cells

A single dose of psilocybin caused increased growth in neuron-connecting dendritic spines in mice.

B. David Zarley

Genetics

Cholera vaccine made from GM rice passes first human trial

An oral cholera vaccine that’s grown in genetically modified rice and can be stored at room temperature has passed its first human trial.

Kristin Houser

Virology

We’re one step closer to a malaria-free world

Now that malaria has been eliminated in China, the long-held dream of a malaria-free world is one nation closer to reality.

Kristin Houser

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