Latest Health Stories
First-Ever Supercomputer Sim of the H1N1 Virus Gives Researchers Resolution Down to the Atom
Drug That Targets Blood Flow to Fat Cells Is Shown to Slim Down Obese Monkeys
For the First Time, Lab-Grown Blood Is Pumped Into a Human’s Veins
Genetic Tweak Creates a Mouse With Super-Endurance
Image-Recognition Algorithm Diagnoses Breast Cancer Better Than a Human Doctor Can
Using Light to Target and Kill Cancer Cells, Without Chemotherapy’s Side Effects
How Computer Modeling Lets Doctors Predict Heart Attacks Before They Happen
An ‘Operating System’ That Runs on Cells Could Create Whole New Life Forms
Artificial Skin Feels With Nerves Made of Clear Nanotube Springs
Brilliant 10: Molecular Filmmaker
Brilliant 10: The Chemical Catcher
Scottish Doctors Use Ultrasound to Heal Broken Bones
Researchers Turn Cloned Human Embryo into Working Stem Cell Line
Tiny Cilia Inside Corpse’ Noses Could Be a More Reliable Indicator of Time of Death
Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Scientist Who Prolonged His Own Life With His Research
Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows
Israeli Researchers Build a Rat Cyborg With a Digital Cerebellum
Heart Patch Made of Gold Helps Cardiac Tissue Rebuild Itself
Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe
Germans Manufacture Artificial Blood Vessels With a 3-D Printer
The Incredible Shrinking Shot: Needles Get a Pain-Free Makeover
Glow-In-The-Dark Cats Could Provide Answers About AIDS
Cuba Announces Release of the World’s First Lung Cancer Vaccine
Study Finds That Injecting Old Mice With Young Mouse Blood Has a Rejuvenating Effect
Japanese Researchers Develop a Way to Turn Biological Tissue Transparent
New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches
Doctors Who Work With X-Rays May Be Adapting at the Cellular Level to Withstand Radiation
Painless Protein Scaffold Lets Cavity-Ridden Teeth Re-Grow From the Inside Out
State of the Bionic Art: The Best Replacements for My Flimsy Human Parts
Controversy Should Not Stop Us From Developing Memory-Erasing Drugs, Neuroethicist Argues
‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo
Blood Test Can Tell Fetus’s Sex at Just 7 Weeks
New Drug Can Treat Almost Any Viral Infection By Killing the Body’s Infected Cells
Computer Models Show that Towing an Iceberg to a Drought Area Could Actually Work
Tactile Glove Uses Small Vibrations to Improve the Wearer’s Sense of Touch
Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues
A New Artificial Lung Can Breathe Regular Air Rather Than Purified Oxygen
CalTech Researchers Find a Toggle Switch for Mouse, and Perhaps Human, Aggression
Is Trypophobia a Real Phobia?
Early Man Walked Upright 2 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought, Says New Analysis
Killing Mosquitoes With a Genetic Trick that Makes Digesting Blood Deadly
New Genome Editing Method Helps Scientists Rewrite Whole Sections of the Code of Life
Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless
Fraunhofer Lab Debuts Healthful Ice Cream Made from Flowers Instead of Milk
Mice Molars Grown From Stem Cells Form Fully Functional, Transplantable Teeth
Spanish Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Double Leg Transplant
Newly Found Gonorrhea Superbug Resists All Existing Antibiotics
Ten Tech Innovations From NASA’s Space Shuttle That Trickled Down to Non-Astronauts
Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant
Camera-Equipped Glasses Can Analyze the Expression of the Person You’re Talking To
Spray-Can Cooling Foams Keep Japan Comfortably Chilled in This Summer Heat
Lab Builds a Fully Functioning Artificial Small Intestine
Drink Up! Red Wine Can Counteract the Negative Aftereffects of Space Travel
Video: Japanese Silicone-Skinned Dental Patient-Bot Flinches and Gags Just Like a Real Person, Only Much Creepier
An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
Saliva Science: New Forensics Tool Can Determine a Person’s Age from a Spit Sample
The World’s First Self-Propelled Endoscopy Device ‘Swims’ the Entire Digestive Tract in Mere Hours
Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV
Stem-Cell Therapy Works Wonders for Race Horses; Are Human Treatments Next?
Scientists Create Tiny Artificial Brain That Exhibits 12 Seconds of Short Term Memory
How Scientists Ship Snowmen to Bahrain, Chill Beer and Keep Vaccines Cool
Drug Suppresses Recall of Bad Memories, Leaves Non-Bad Memories Intact
We Need a League Of Performance-Enhanced Athletes
2011 Invention Awards: A Mirror That Monitors Vital Signs