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Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
“I think it has a real chance to reverse motor symptoms, essentially replacing a missing part.”
Cancer cells hoard iron in unusually high quantities. Scientists have discovered how to leverage this to create safer cancer drugs.
CRISPR, stem cells, and even cancer drugs are helping shape an AIDS-free future.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
Interventions can make the most difference when Alzheimer’s is detected early.
Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.
Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use positrons — the antimatter equivalent of an electron — to locate cancer in the body.
"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."
Ethicist and doctor Simon Whitney argues that society's overly cautious approach to medical research is blocking breakthroughs.
Someday, scientists could use stem cells to guide the development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants.
It could lead to earlier diagnoses, better treatment, and fewer deaths from pancreatic cancer, which kills 88% of patients within five years.
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
Perhaps there was something theatrically satisfying about a learned man waving around a flask of pee, looking at it from all angles, sniffing it, and making bold proclamations.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly's innovative "triple g" drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.
It is generally ineffective, occasionally poisonous, and driving numerous species to the brink of extinction.
In the ongoing battle against PTSD, a potential new weapon emerges: a nasal spray loaded with neuropeptide Y.
"The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials."
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
And it seems to work alongside popular weight-loss medications, like Ozempic.
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
Cancer likes glucose. So take it away.
If you think you know what sex, gender, and "the right thing to do" for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to "speak."
Some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they’re cleared from our systems.
It’s safe to use your face cream, as long as you aren’t eating it.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.