Biology

Digital health is attracting record levels of investment in products such as smart toilet seats, which can help millions get access to care.

A team at Penn State has developed a pulsed light technique capable of killing common food poisoning pathogens.

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed mouse embryos, complete with organ structures, purely from stem cells.

A microbiologist looks at how home test kits work, what kind of information they provide and if they can really help change your gut.

Using over a million data points and a machine learning algorithm, a team of researchers has mapped all of the ant species currently known.

MIT researchers have designed a sensor that can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia infections.

Damage to the ends of the chromosomes can create “zombie cells” that are still alive but can’t function, researchers say.

Pfizer and French biotech Valneva have announced a phase 3 clinical trial testing the human Lyme vaccine.

While many of the technologies upon which transhumanists base their dream are real and world-changing, they have major limitations.

For decades, people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine.