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

Coronavirus

Predicting your protection against COVID-19

Australian researchers have found an immune response measurement they believe can predict protection against COVID-19.

B. David Zarley

Genetics

Gene therapy and special goggles partially restore man’s vision after 40 years

Researchers have demonstrated that restoring limited vision to people suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, a historically permanent type of blindness, is within reach.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Ohio announces $1M vaccine lottery, shots surge 33%

Ohio’s vaccine lottery, which will give five vaccinated residents $1 million each, appears to have sparked the desired increase in new vaccinations.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

The first steps towards an allergic asthma vaccine

French researchers have shown an allergic asthma vaccine to be effective in mice. The next step: human clinical trials.

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Can an app save cardiac arrest victims before EMS arrives?

In Denmark, Heartrunner directs citizen responders to cardiac arrest victims. Should the U.S. adopt a similar approach?

B. David Zarley

Public Health

Can new drugs make obesity a medical — not moral — condition?

Researchers are hopeful that a class of drugs called incretins will not only treat obesity, but help people think of it as a medical condition.

B. David Zarley

Apps

IBS treatment app helps patients reprogram their minds

An IBS treatment app that facilitates cognitive behavior therapy helped trial participants manage symptoms and improve their quality of life.

Kristin Houser

Healthcare

These glowing bacteria can diagnose gut problems

Using synthetic biology, a team at Rice has designed bacteria that can sense signs of inflammatory bowel disease in mice.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

Experimental procedure zaps nerves to lower blood pressure

Renal denervation, a procedure that uses ultrasound pulses to zap renal nerves, showed promise as a treatment for resistant hypertension in a recent trial.

Kristin Houser

Biohacking

What it’s like to do a human challenge trial

Human challenge trials are risky, but they could help us avoid another prolonged pandemic.

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