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
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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...
Mind & Brain
Cochlear Implants May Benefit Mind and Mood of Older People
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
Health
Ebola Crisis Could Fuel Measles Outbreak in West Africa
Gaps in immunization could cause as many deaths as the current epidemic itself
Technology
Exotic Micropumps and Gels Offer Hope for Hearing Disorders
New inner-ear drug delivery systems could stop relentless ringing or restore lost sound sensitivity
Technology
Under What Circumstances Do We Find Robots Trustworthy?
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.
Mind & Brain
Dog of the Dead: The Science of Canine Cadaver Detection
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.
Technology
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015
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 [...]..
Health
How Designers Can Improve Health Care For Everyone
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.
Mind & Brain
Pain Cases May Usher Brain Scans into the Courtroom
Questions surround whether brain-scan measures of whether someone is in pain are reliable enough to be used in legal proceedings
Health
Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Tests Inch Forward, but Treatments Are Still Lacking
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
Health
Microbes in the Gut Are Essential to Our Well-Being
Revelations about the role of the human microbiome in our lives have begun to shake the foundations of medicine and nutrition
Health
An Electrical Off-Switch for Disease [Video]
Stimulator devices can tweak nervous system activity to turn down inflammation or treat other effects of disease
Health
FDA Knew Devices Spread Fatal "Superbug"
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...
Technology
Contact Lens Binoculars Are in Sight
Researchers revealed their latest prototype contact lenses that magnify vision almost three times with the wink of an eye. Larry Greenemeier reports
Health
179 Patients Possibly Exposed to "Superbug" from Endoscopies
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...
Health
Play to Cure: Genes in Space
Free mobile game that uses the collective force of players to analyze real genetic data
Health
Elective Human Egg Freezing on the Rise
More women are choosing to store their eggs for later pregnancy, a trend that can give women more control over their reproduction
Health
With Liver Donors in Short Supply, Cell Transplants Offer New Options
For many liver disease patients, implantation of a few new cells from a healthy organ may buy time or avoid a full transplant altogether
Health
Light-Based Technique Helps Surgeons Excise Brain Cancer
A handheld Raman spectroscopy probe can detect cancer cells that infiltrate healthy tissue
