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

Apps

How a smartphone app is helping suppress HIV

An HIV app that uses gaming elements to motivate people to stick to their ART regimen was able to increase viral suppression in a small study.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

3D-printed nose cartilage may someday fix your face

Researchers have developed a way to bioprint nose cartilage that they hope will one day minimize the need for invasive harvesting from the ribs.

B. David Zarley

Biology

"Octopus vision" may help prevent human blindness

A new medical device that gives optometrists a fast, easy way to monitor a key macular degeneration risk factor was inspired by octopus vision.

Kristin Houser

Biology

New blood test could predict the onset of labor

Stanford University researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers that can be used to predict the onset of labor in pregnant women.

Kristin Houser

Medicine

Icy microneedle patch delivers cell therapy, then melts

A new microneedle patch features needles made of ice instead of traditional materials, making it suitable for cell therapy delivery.

Kristin Houser

Neuroscience

Four types of Alzheimer’s discovered in international study

A study has identified four distinct types of Alzheimer’s disease, based on how the tau protein spreads in patients’ brains.

Kristin Houser

Genetics

This spit test will help couples know their baby's risk of genetic disease

A new genetic test offers prospective parents a "polygenetic risk score," or an estimate of their potential offspring's predisposition to certain conditions.

Teresa Carey

Public Health

Desiging a better condom

Around the world, new materials and approaches are being studied as researchers look to create the condom 2.0.

B. David Zarley

Biology

Customized stem cells could show us how dementia happens

By turning human cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers hope to finally map the genetic path to Alzheimer’s disease.

Teresa Carey

Coronavirus

Pfizer is testing a coronavirus antiviral

Pfizer is testing a new coronavirus antiviral that has stopped SARs-CoV-2 from replicating in the lab in humans.

B. David Zarley

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