
Research Casts Doubt on the Value of Acupuncture
Scientific studies show that the procedure is full of holes
Jeneen Interlandi is a New York City–based journalist who writes about health, science and the environment.

Research Casts Doubt on the Value of Acupuncture
Scientific studies show that the procedure is full of holes

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

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

What Drives Subconscious Racial Prejudice?
A study of anti-Roma bias in Hungary seeks to identify the roots of subliminal bias

“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

A Man-Made Contagion
Scientists build a pandemic flu strain in the lab

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

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

New Help for Smokers
An anti-nicotine vaccine is moving closer to regulatory approval

Hospital-Acquired Infections: Beating Back the Bugs
Some hospitals have turned a corner in fighting deadly infections

Microbubbles Used to Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier
Tiny bubbles may help lifesaving drugs cross a crucial boundary

Getting It Right on Stem Cells
Why hundreds of embryonic stem cell lines aren't enough

Finding a Killer's Achilles' Heel: Clues from a Pandemic
The 1918 flu genome may help fight future outbreaks

Chemo Control
Drugs target epigenetic changes in cancer cells

An Immune Portal
Protein may be a key to autoimmune disorders