Medical Technology

For every 1,000 mothers who develop gestational diabetes by 26 weeks, seven children may develop autism spectrum disorders, a study finds

This call represents the latest salvo against the withholding of data

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.

A Canadian boy picked up new allergies when he received donor plasma

Evidence for long-term weight loss is scant in review of 11 popular commerical diets 

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.

The gene editing method called CRISPR is already used in the lab to insert and remove genome defects in animal embryos

Modern genomes and ancient mummies offer clues to why the life span of Homo sapiens far exceeds that of other primates

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.

Angelina Jolie Pitt is part of only a small subset of the population at such high risk for cancer that doctors recommend preventative surgery

The pathogen’s evolution does not appear to be outpacing efforts to develop an arsenal against it

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 [...]