Health
President’s Malaria Initiative Enters Its Second Phase
The extremely successful global healthcare program sets malaria eradication goals in some countries
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Health
Controversial Gene-Editing Approach Gains Ground
“Snipping out” damaged mitochondrial DNA in mice and human cells is a step toward preventing serious inherited diseases
Health
The Opposite Side of the Brain to a Clot Is Key to Stroke Rehabilitation
New drug targets both hemispheres to repair damaged tissue
Environment
A New Tool for Conservation Genetics: Seal Placentas
It's a sad fact that as members of a species become rarer they tend to suffer from inbreeding. This lack of genetic diversity can lead to birth defects and other problems, making a species even more endangered as time progresses...
Health
New Test Lets Women Pick Their Best IVF Embryo
But the FDA-approved technology for use with in vitro fertilization has yet to prove it leads to better babies
Health
Pregnancy-Related Diabetes Has Possible Link to Autism
For every 1,000 mothers who develop gestational diabetes by 26 weeks, seven children may develop autism spectrum disorders, a study finds
Health
WHO Demands Disclosure of All Drug, Device and Vaccine Experimental Results
This call represents the latest salvo against the withholding of data
Mind & Brain
‘Optocapacitance’ Shines New Light on the Brain
A novel twist on the young field of optogenetics may provide a new way to study living human brains as well as offering innovative therapeutic uses.
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
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
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
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
