Health

The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

A look back at the history of infertility treatments and ahead to the tech that could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.

Kristin Houser

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Drugs

The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

GeneCode is developing a drug it hopes won’t just alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms but also protect and restore patient’s neural health.

Kevin Dickinson

A child sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding and looking intently at a tablet, as if testing the Goldilocks hypothesis for the perfect screen brightness.

Mental Health

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The “Goldilocks hypothesis” asks parents to think beyond screen time and consider the habits that teens build around technology use.

Kevin Dickinson

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Neuroscience

Flexible brain implant tested in people for the first time

Startup Precision Neuroscience has tested its flexible, ultra-thin brain implants in people for the first time.

Kristin Houser

Cancer

90% of patients respond to new blood cancer treatment in trial

Israeli researchers have developed a new form of CAR-T therapy effective against multiple myeloma, a plasma cell cancer.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

Brain scans hint that lonely individuals process the world differently

A study finds that the brains of people who score higher in loneliness react in unique ways when viewing video content.

Ross Pomeroy

Cancer

Made-to-fade tattoo ink keeps cancer therapy from leaving a mark

Henry Ford Health researchers are using temporary tattoo ink to help radiation therapy patients for whom permanent tattoos may not be an option.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

The neurons that make us feel hangry

Researchers gave pinpointed a cluster of cells called AgRP neurons near the underside of the brain that may create “hangry” feelings.

Amber Dance | Knowable Magazine

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Medicine

New drug for fatty liver disease cuts fat by 65%

A new NASH treatment, efruxifermin, significantly reduced liver fat when combined with a GLP-1 drug in a small trial.

Kristin Houser

Drugs

Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose

John Michael Streicher

Medicine

Lung cancer drug slashes patients’ risk of death by 51%

Osimertinib, an FDA-approved lung cancer drug, slashes the risk of death for certain patients by 51%, according to new trial results.

Kristin Houser

Brain

Rhythmic brain stimulation could boost cognitive function

An analysis of over 100 studies helps resolve conflicting evidence on the benefits of transcranial alternating current stimulation, or tACS.

Shrey Grover

Mental Health

The placenta may play a role in the genetic risk of schizophrenia

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that genes associated with schizophrenia risk may impact the placenta, not just the brain.

B. David Zarley

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