
World’s First HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant with Living Donor Performed Successfully
The ability to use organs from living HIV-positive individuals could increase the supply available for transplant

World’s First HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant with Living Donor Performed Successfully
The ability to use organs from living HIV-positive individuals could increase the supply available for transplant

New Strategies Take on the Worst Cancer--Glioblastoma
Among the various malignancies that can afflict the human body, few bring with them the dour prognoses of brain tumors


First Baby Monkey Born Using Sperm from Frozen Testicles
Researchers hope that the procedure could be used to restore fertility to human boys undergoing cancer treatment

A Chemical World

As Scientists Probe the Mystery of How Newborns Develop Immunity, Order Rises from the Chaos
New studies take the most comprehensive look yet into immune system activity immediately after birth

How Gene Therapy Can Reverse a Form of Congenital Blindness
If we had known in advance of the challenges that were to come, we might never have started the research

A Second Person Has Been Effectively "Cured" of HIV
10 years after the so-called “Berlin Patient,” a second man has been put into sustained remission

Untangling the Formation of DNA Loops
New discoveries on ancient loops in DNA offer clues into gene regulation

We Need More Diversity in Genomic Databases
A heavy skew toward white people makes precision medicine imprecise

Researchers Enable “Super Mice” to See Near-Infrared Light
Nanoscale devices convert near-infrared light into visible, green light. When injected into the eyes, they enabled mice to see in the infrared

Rising High: GM Yeast Generates Known and Novel Marijuana Compounds
Engineered microorganisms churn out THC, CBD and rarer, less-understood cannabis cousins

FDA Issues Warning about Young-Blood Transfusions
Plasma from young people offers “no proven clinical benefit” as a treatment against aging or Alzheimer’s disease, the agency says