Medicine
Research Casts Doubt on the Value of Acupuncture
Scientific studies show that the procedure is full of holes
Stories by Jeneen Interlandi
Medicine
The Paradox of Precision Medicine
Early attempts to tailor disease treatment to individuals based on their DNA have met with equivocal success, raising concerns about a push to scale up such efforts
Mind & Brain
New Estimate Boosts the Human Brain's Memory Capacity 10-Fold
A new study has found the brain’s information storage capacity may be around a quadrillion bytes
Mind & Brain
What Drives Subconscious Racial Prejudice?
A study of anti-Roma bias in Hungary seeks to identify the roots of subliminal bias
Biology
“Messing with” the Blood-Brain Barrier May Be Key to Treating a Host of Diseases
A new understanding of the blood-brain barrier as a living, mutable organ may revolutionize the treatment of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's
Health
A Man-Made Contagion
Scientists build a pandemic flu strain in the lab
Health
Contagion: Controversy Erupts over Man-Made Pandemic Avian Flu Virus
Two teams of scientists have independently constructed a deadly strain of flu. Some say the results should never be published
Health
Facebook-Like Portal Helps Teens with Crohn's Collaborate on Medical Research
A team of pediatricians and computer scientists is developing a social network that turns doctors and patients into research collaborators
Health
New Help for Smokers
An anti-nicotine vaccine is moving closer to regulatory approval
Health
Hospital-Acquired Infections: Beating Back the Bugs
Some hospitals have turned a corner in fighting deadly infections
Mind & Brain
Microbubbles Used to Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier
Tiny bubbles may help lifesaving drugs cross a crucial boundary
Health
Getting It Right on Stem Cells
Why hundreds of embryonic stem cell lines aren't enough
Health
Finding a Killer's Achilles' Heel: Clues from a Pandemic
The 1918 flu genome may help fight future outbreaks
Health
Chemo Control
Drugs target epigenetic changes in cancer cells
The Sciences
An Immune Portal
Protein may be a key to autoimmune disorders
