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Do Post-Market Drug Trials Need a Higher Dose of Ethics?

Patients who sign up for trials testing more than one already approved intervention do not always know if one is being tested for harmful side effects

Stem Cell Trial for Autism Launches in U.S.

Stem cell treatment could lower inflammation levels and demonstrate whether autism is an autoimmune disease

Mummy Had Lung Infection, Technique Reveals

Shotgun proteomics on a corpse can determine whether someone was actually suffering from a disease rather than just carrying it. Evelyn Lamb reports

Prosthetic Retina Helps to Restore Sight in Mice

The device, which relies on new insights into how the brain decodes signals from the eye, could eventually be developed for use in humans

Snap Judgment: Ultrafast Camera Renews Promise of Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection

U.C.L.A.'s enhanced laser-pulsing camera is one of several emerging approaches to finding cancer cells in the blood stream

The Science Behind Your Health

The Science of Staying Well

Unnatural Selection: Muscles, Genes and Genetic Cheats

Can specific genes cause muscles to grow faster or stronger, and can genetic tampering give athletes an unnatural edge?

Rope a Dope: Drug Testing in Sports Enters a More Aggressive Era

Unusual variations in an athlete's blood could determine guilt, even if no illegal substances are found

Vapor Trail: Electronic Noses Sniff Bad Breath for Signs of Disease

Nanofiber sensors could lead to less expensive, pocket-size, health-monitoring Breathalyzers

Early HIV Treatment Might Save Livelihoods as Well as Lives

People who manage their HIV infections from an early stage are able to work more and keep their kids in school

August 2012 Briefing Memo

Patent Watch: Ultrasound Guide Probe Device

Neandertals May Have Self-Medicated

Fifty-thousand-year-old dental plaque reveals that Neandertals may have used certain plants for their medicinal qualities. Christopher Intagliata reports

Advances against AIDS

The International AIDS Conference is being held in the U.S. for the first time since 1990. What progress have we made in battling this global disease since then?

Sequencing of Single Sperm Could Reveal New Infertility Causes

Sperm, decoded: a technological achievement parses the genomes of individual sperm cells, showing a new way to study reproductive medicine and hereditary cancer

Chemistry Nobelist Attacks Macular Degeneration

A team led by chemistry Nobel laureate Walter Kohn has developed a tool for the diagnosis of the specific visual distortions perceived by any individual suffering from macular degeneration...

Implantable Devices Could Detect and Halt Epileptic Seizures

Electrical stimulation, brain "cooling" and drug-delivery devices are all being developed as antiseizure tools

Mixed Signals: Smart Phone Sensors Recruited to Deliver Indoor GPS

Duke University researchers are developing a mobile app that uses wi-fi antennas, cellular radios and other detectors to guide smart phone users

What Is Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, the Cancer That Struck Nora Ephron?

The When Harry Met Sally screenwriter recently succumbed to this enigmatic form of cancer, but there are new treatments in the pipeline

IV Oxygen Foam Could Buy Breathing Time

Animals with blocked windpipes maintained stable blood oxygen levels and heart rates after receiving injections of oxygen-filled microparticles. Sophie Bushwick reports