AI Tool Could Help Diagnose Alzheimer's
A new algorithm accurately identified more than 90 percent of people who would advance to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in about six years
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Why Women--and Men--Need Better Birth Control
The IUD is held up as the gold standard of contraception. That says a lot about the slothful pace of innovation
Scientists Take a Step Toward Decoding Speech from the Brain
New study gets closer to restoring natural communication for those who cannot speak
Experimental Gene Therapy Frees "Bubble-Boy" Babies from a Life of Isolation
Treatment restores immune-system function in young children with severe disorder
Pig Experiment Challenges Assumptions around Brain Damage in People
The restoration of some structures and cellular functions in pig brains hours after death could intensify debates about when human organs should be removed for transplantation, warn Stuart Youngner and Insoo Hyun...
Part-Revived Pig Brains Raise Slew of Ethical Quandaries
Researchers need guidance on animal use and the many issues opened up by a new study on whole-brain restoration, argue Nita A. Farahany, Henry T. Greely and Charles M. Giattino
Stanford Clears Three Faculty Members of "CRISPR Babies" Involvement
A review concluded that the scientists did not take part in a Chinese researcher’s experiment to edit the genomes of twin human embryos
Environmental Thinker Bill McKibben Sounds Warning on Technology
Known for climate change work, the pioneer says global warming, AI and genetic engineering are self-inflicted threats to humanity
A New Way to Detect Parkinson’s—by Smell
Discovery of odorous markers for neurodegenerative disease
Machines That Read Your Brain Waves
How to make sure noninvasive neural interfaces stay that way
Anti-Aging Discovery Could Lead to Restorative Skin Treatments
Loss of collagen protein depletes renewal cells that serve as skin’s fountain of youth
Building a Brain Implant for Smell
Researchers are developing a device that could restore olfaction, much as a cochlear implant restores hearing
A Drug Shows an Astonishing Ability to Regenerate Damaged Hearts and Other Body Parts
A once abandoned drug compound shows an ability to rebuild organs damaged by illness and injury
The Case of a Woman Who Feels Almost No Pain Leads Scientists to a New Gene Mutation
The discovery may have implications for treating acute and chronic pain
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
AI-Based App Could Screen for Cervical Cancer
An algorithm that can diagnose the disease from photographs would be especially useful in developing countries
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
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
