
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
A call by scientists to halt precision gene editing of DNA in human embryos would allow time to work out safety and ethical issues
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...
Cognition, social interactions and quality of life may improve for older people with hearing loss when hearing is restored with a cochlear implant, according to a new study
Gaps in immunization could cause as many deaths as the current epidemic itself
New inner-ear drug delivery systems could stop relentless ringing or restore lost sound sensitivity
Each year it seems a little less like science fiction to ask your phone for advice about local chinese food or trust your car to get you to a new location.
There are many reasons to seek help from a dog trainer, and Cat Warren confronted almost all of them when a new puppy came barreling into her life.
What innovations are leaping out of the labs to shape the world in powerful ways? Identifying those compelling innovations is the charge of the Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, one of the World Economic Forum’s network of expert communities that form the Global Agenda Councils, which today released its Top 10 List of Emerging Technologies for [...]..
The last place anyone expects to find a designer is in a hospital, clinic or operating room, but those are exactly the spaces where I embed myself.
Questions surround whether brain-scan measures of whether someone is in pain are reliable enough to be used in legal proceedings
Researchers are trying to develop ways to more quickly and accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s, which might lead to better treatments and understanding in the future
Revelations about the role of the human microbiome in our lives have begun to shake the foundations of medicine and nutrition
Stimulator devices can tweak nervous system activity to turn down inflammation or treat other effects of disease
Regulators have known since at least 2009 that medical devices at the center of the outbreak at UCLA can transmit lethal infections but have not recommended new safety requirements...
Researchers revealed their latest prototype contact lenses that magnify vision almost three times with the wink of an eye. Larry Greenemeier reports
A large Los Angeles public hospital has notified scores of patients they were possibly exposed to a drug-resistant "superbug" during procedures that infected 7 and may have contributed to 2 deaths...
Free mobile game that uses the collective force of players to analyze real genetic data
More women are choosing to store their eggs for later pregnancy, a trend that can give women more control over their reproduction
For many liver disease patients, implantation of a few new cells from a healthy organ may buy time or avoid a full transplant altogether
A handheld Raman spectroscopy probe can detect cancer cells that infiltrate healthy tissue
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