Biotech
DNA Spheres Light Up to Detect Cancer
Ball-shaped molecules release flares when they encounter malignancy
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Biotech
Nanomedicine Aims New Treatments at Cancer and Dangerous Wounds
Working on a very small scale lets scientists give drugs abilities denied to larger molecules
The Sciences
Citizen Science Soil Collection Program
Help University of Oklahoma scientists study microscopic life in search of new drug compounds
Health
When Peanut Allergy Comes from a Blood Transfusion
A Canadian boy picked up new allergies when he received donor plasma
Health
Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers Receive High Marks in Diet Review
Evidence for long-term weight loss is scant in review of 11 popular commerical diets
Health
Blue Zones: What the Longest-Lived People Eat (Hint: It’s Not Steak Dinners)
On April 7th, the book "Blue Zones Solutions" will hit the shelves. In it, Dan Buettner, CEO of the eponymous organization describes his work over the last decade visiting and studying populations throughout the world where people live extraordinarily long, healthy, and happy lives...
Health
New Discovery Moves Gene Editing Closer to Use in Humans
The gene editing method called CRISPR is already used in the lab to insert and remove genome defects in animal embryos
Biotech
Nanotech Bandages Detect Health Trouble and Deliver Medicine
New materials will not simply cover wounds—they will be able to alert doctors to problems and deliver fine-tuned drugs
Health
The Quest for Better Broccoli Starts with More Science
Everyone knows that broccoli is good for you. What was not known—until researchers examined how broccoli was prepared for distribution—is that frozen broccoli lacked the cancer-fighting nutrients that the fresh vegetable provided...
Health
Cord-Blood Research Sits Poised for Therapeutic Discovery
Whenever one examines any area of scientific inquiry, there are two important things to understand: where the science is today, and where it may lead us in the future.
Health
Removal of Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes Wrong Anticancer Option for Most
Angelina Jolie Pitt is part of only a small subset of the population at such high risk for cancer that doctors recommend preventative surgery
Health
Ebola Virus Not Mutating as Quickly as Feared
The pathogen’s evolution does not appear to be outpacing efforts to develop an arsenal against it
Health
Hangout with Kit Parker: Engineering the Body
When I told Kit Parker of Harvard University to think about explaining what he does to teenagers who would be watching our Google Science Fair Hangout On Air earlier today, he had a great answer for me: “My job is to work on cool.” Among Parker’s many “cool” research passions are understanding cardiac cell biology [...]..
Health
Future of Medicine 2015
7 stories on ways that nanomedicine is revolutionizing healthcare
Health
West Africa Unprepared for Future Health Crises Despite Ebola Aid
Health care is decimated, leaving the region more vulnerable than ever to infectious diseases
Health
New Drugs May Come from Microbes in Our Guts
The microbes that live in our gut could prove to be a fertile source for new antibiotics and other useful drugs
Technology
Crowd-Sourced Medical Research Gets Apple Assist
What’s called ResearchKit enables scientists to more easily write mobile apps that take advantage of iPhone sensors to study asthma, Parkinson’s and other diseases. Larry Greenemeier reports
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Evolution
Why Humans Live So Long
Modern genomes and ancient mummies offer clues to why the life span of Homo sapiens far exceeds that of other primates
Health
DNA Editing of Human Embryos Alarms Scientists
A call by scientists to halt precision gene editing of DNA in human embryos would allow time to work out safety and ethical issues
Health
Requirements Tightened on Reusable Medical Devices
The FDA announced strict new recommendations for preventing the transmission of antibiotic-resistant infections from reusable medical devices such as those that have spread recently at several hospitals...
