medicine
Deep brain stimulation could represent a breakthrough in the treatment of mental health disorders like major depressive disorder.
Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the highest honor in medicine for their research into how human bodies make sense of and respond to the outside world.
Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K448) can help reduce seizures in epilepsy patients.
The secret to alleviating chronic back pain may be to treat psychological issues like anxiety and repressed emotions.
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
When Tal Golesworthy was told he was at risk of his aorta bursting, he wasn’t impressed with the surgery on offer – so he came up with his own idea.
Organ transplantation is in dire need of biotechnological advances. 3D bioprinting and genetic modification of pigs provide a path forward.
Donate a kidney now, and your loved one will have priority status if they need one later.
Once limited in range, mass hysteria can now spread across the globe in an instant.
Medical science can save lives, but should it do so at the cost of quality of life?
You are only ever a few days away from your demise.
Cancer cells seem to have a harder time growing among pair-bonded mice, according to a new study that explored the “widowhood effect.”
The new brain tumor treatment targets a cancer that kills 75% of patients within a year.
For some reason, the bodies of deceased monks stay “fresh” for a long time.
Brain cells snap strands of DNA in many more places and cell types than researchers previously thought.
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
From “mutilated males” to “wandering wombs,” dodgy science affects how we view the female body still today.
By slowing down aging, we could reap trillions of dollars in economic benefits.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Using image analysis tools developed for astronomy, researchers are predicting cancer therapy responses.
Biomedical science assumes that people want to live as long as possible. They don’t.
Age ain’t nothing but a number, but “inflammatory age” may be real.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Are you getting a full 8 hours?
Antisense oligonucleotide therapy uses small molecules to alter RNA. Researchers have now used those molecules to alleviate a genetic form of blindness.
Traditional Chinese medicine and Vietnamese culture are driving the pangolin to extinction.
New research shines a light on the genetics of sudden cardiac deaths.