Latest Health Stories
Mouse Grimace Scale Measures the Agony of Lab Animals
Wireless, Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment
Future Nissan Cars Will Spray Vitamin C to Keep Passengers Healthy
Antibacterial Graphene ‘Paper’ Could Lead to Better Bandages
Rise of the Helpful Machines
Looking Inside Fruits and Vegetables With MRI
Fighting Drugs With Drugs: An Obscure Hallucinogen Gains Legitimacy as a Solution for Addictions
Bionic Dick Cheney Technically Has No Pulse
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are 100 Percent Resistant to Malaria Parasite
Newly Discovered Antibody Defeats 91 Percent of HIV Strains
First Batch of DARPA’s Synthetic Blood Delivered to FDA, Could Be on Battlefields Soon
FDA Approves First Telescopic Eye Implant to Treat Blindness
Faulty Gene-Scanning Chip Calls Results of Major Lifespan Study Into Question
New Hormone Gel Could Regenerate Teeth in Place, Making Drilled Cavities Obsolete
Stem Cells Shown to Restore Sight To Eyes Damaged By Burns
Cheap, Portable Cell Phone Add-on Allows for Vision Tests Anywhere
Can Physicians Who Work on Humans Treat Animals Too?
Reproductive Tech Outpaces Longevity Tech, as World’s Oldest Mother is Now Dying of Old Age
Combining Two Competing Cancer Drugs, Study Finds Rare 100% Response Rate
Noninvasive Ultrasound Pulses Could Treat Neuro Disorders, Enhance Cognitive Function
Breakthrough In Magnet Technology Could Lead to Handheld MRI Scanners
Stem-Cell Tourism: Adventures at the Fringes of Experimental Medicine
Plastic Antibodies Shown to Fight Off Antigens in the Body Just Like the Real Thing
Distinctive Bacteria in Autistic Kids’ Guts Could Enable Urine Test for Autism
An Injection Straight to the Brain Makes Rats Forget Their Fears
World’s First DNA-Based Logic Gates Could Lead to Injectable Bio-computers
Nano-ink Tattoos Could Continuously Monitor Glucose in Diabetics
Invention Awards: An Inexpensive, Portable Ventilator
Stem-Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth Right In Your Mouth
Invention Awards: A Hearing Aid That Uses Bones to Conduct Sound
Coming Soon to Emergency Rooms: A Drug Cocktail to Chill the Body and Save the Brain
Tobacco May Keep Us from Catching the Flu
Student Invents Silicone “Tampons” To Harvest Monthly Menstrual Stem Cells
Glucose Biofuel Cell Tested, Could Power Devices From the Body’s Chemistry
Largest-Ever Study On Cancer and Cellphones Finds “No Increase in Risk”
Unleashing a Swarm of Augmented-Reality Cockroaches to Fight Bug Phobias
Newest Gates Foundation Grants Include Sweat-Activated Vaccines, Laser-Guided Parasite Killers
A Three-Inch Bio-Detector Quickly Scans For All the Bacteria and Viruses We Know Of, All at Once
Targeted Wound Dressings Lure Infectious Microbes in, Then Attack
Chemical Cocktail Keeps Resurrected Heart Alive for 10 Days Outside of Body
Researchers Find First Evidence of DNA Swapping Between Insects and Mammals
Seeking Troop Longevity, Indian Military Taps a Holy Man on a Supposed 70-Year Fast
Bayer’s Didget Blood-Sugar Monitor Attaches to Nintendo DS, Enticing Kids to Manage Health
Doctors Perform First-Ever Full Facial Transplant
Fix Farsightedness by Sleeping in Your Contacts
Anti-Obesity Pill Swells in Your Stomach, Making You Full Before You Even Start Eating
Bio-Sensing Underwear Keeps Tabs on Your Body’s Chemistry
Lay’s Changing Basic Shape of Salt Crystals for Healthier Potato Chips
U.K. Launches a Largest-Ever Effort to Turn Genetic Info Into Better Medical Treatments
Tattooing Patients With UV Ink Could Protect Pacemakers From Hackers
Evidence of First Virus That Infects Both Plants and Humans
Tiny Titanium Origami Highlights New Method Of Micro-Construction
Map of Fruit Fly’s Neuron Clusters Offers Glimpse Into Our Own Minds’ Layout
In Safety Study, Sheep on Meth Are Shocked With Tasers
Pyroelectric Crystals Could Enable the First Truly Portable X-Ray Machine
Sound Bullets Inspired By Newton’s Cradle Could Sink Subs, Pummel Underground Bunkers, Destroy Tumors
Scientists Devise A Means For Human Bodies To Break Down Carbon Nanotubes
First Spaceborne Infectious Disease Study Exposes Human Cells to Pathogens in Microgravity
Chip in a Pill Tells Your Doctor When You Swallow Your Medicine — and When You Don’t
According to Genomic Pioneers, the Future of Genetics is the Future of Computing
A Magnetic Field Applied to the Brain Can Alter People’s Sense of Morality
Human Bones Successfully Grown in Lab From Stem Cells
MIT Student Invention Deployed in Haiti to Save Lives
TED Talk: Mark Roth Says Suspended Animation Could Soon Be a Reality