Biology

Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.

A new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?

Prozac is a widely used antidepressant. Data indicates that the drug could be used to prevent blindness due to macular degeneration.

Sound recordings remind us that these beings are invaluable, and that humans have a duty to preserve them.

A new spinal cord implant uses electricity to reawaken spinal neurons.

The Stanford Medicine team set a new record for DNA sequencing. They went from obtaining a blood sample to diagnosing an illness in just 8 hours.

A technique that turns stem cells into bone cells using only sound waves could help people regrow bone destroyed by disease.

A new study reveals that if donor organs were treated with specific enzymes, any organ could become "universal" and be more compatible with recipients of any blood type.

Using DNA or an mRNA vaccine, researchers are investigating the feasibility of essentially replacing missing genes that cause disease.

While it’s still too early to draw conclusions, there's emerging evidence between autoimmune disorders and the virus that causes COVID-19.