Medicine (Page 14)

Insights into the healthcare system and the latest in pharmaceutical development.

Latest in Medicine

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

By William Rosen

This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet

This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet

By Rachel Feltman

Why are the measles coming back?

Why are the measles coming back?

By Sara Chodosh

How to turn a spinach leaf into a human heart

By Sara Chodosh

Scientists have figured out how to stop our bodies from fighting electronic implants

Scientists have figured out how to stop our bodies from fighting electronic implants

This vaccine just might stop Ebola from annihilating the great apes

This vaccine just might stop Ebola from annihilating the great apes

By Mark D. Kaufman

A new test can detect your blood type with color-changing paper

A new test can detect your blood type with color-changing paper

By Claire Maldarelli

A new opioid could provide pain relief—without causing addiction

A new opioid could provide pain relief—without causing addiction

By Claire Maldarelli

No, the woolly mammoth won’t actually be resurrected by 2019

By Mary Beth Griggs

Who should be allowed to use CRISPR?

By Claire Maldarelli

Scientists may have just made a malaria vaccine breakthrough

Scientists may have just made a malaria vaccine breakthrough

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

U.S. science advisory committee supports genetic modification of human embryos

U.S. science advisory committee supports genetic modification of human embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

Is it too late for me to get a flu shot?

Is it too late for me to get a flu shot?

By Mary Beth Griggs

Doctors successfully treat two babies with leukemia using gene-edited immune cells

By Claire Maldarelli

This may be the most promising herpes vaccine ever

This may be the most promising herpes vaccine ever

By Rachel Feltman

A stomach grown in a petri dish could help scientists understand our guts

A stomach grown in a petri dish could help scientists understand our guts

By Claire Maldarelli

The hospital of the future may be a tiny, high-tech medical kit

The hospital of the future may be a tiny, high-tech medical kit

By Claire Maldarelli

Silly Putty makes for super-sensitive sensors

Silly Putty makes for super-sensitive sensors

By Sophie Bushwick

New device would use electricity to plug gushing wounds

New device would use electricity to plug gushing wounds

By Claire Maldarelli

Human patient treated with CRISPR gene editing for the first time

By Michael Koziol

This pill delivers medication days or weeks after it’s swallowed

This pill delivers medication days or weeks after it’s swallowed

By Claire Maldarelli

Wireless brain implants are helping paralyzed monkeys walk again

Wireless brain implants are helping paralyzed monkeys walk again

By Claire Maldarelli

What IUDs are, how they work, and why you might want to get one

What IUDs are, how they work, and why you might want to get one

By Rachel Feltman

There’s No Need To Fear Gene-Edited Food

There’s No Need To Fear Gene-Edited Food

By Jen Schwartz

A Mysterious Nerve Condition Paralyzed Half My Face

EpiPens Versus Dissolvable Tablets

Forget The EpiPen—It’s Time For An Epi-Pill

By PopSci Editors

We Are Closer To Curing All Diseases Than We Think

We Are Closer To Curing All Diseases Than We Think

By Susmita Baral

The Americas Just Eliminated Measles, But Vaccination Will Help It Stay Gone

The Americas Just Eliminated Measles, But Vaccination Will Help It Stay Gone

By Mary Beth Griggs

New 3D Printed Material Can Help Regenerate Bones

New 3D Printed Material Can Help Regenerate Bones

By Kate Baggaley

Should You Build Your Own EpiPen?

Should You Build Your Own EpiPen?

Cone Snail Venom Could Help Create Speedy Diabetes Treatments

Cone Snail Venom Could Help Create Speedy Diabetes Treatments

By Kate Baggaley

CRISPR-Modified Corn May Soon Be Ready For Market

CRISPR-Modified Corn May Soon Be Ready For Market

By Alexandra Ossola

Patrick Hardison putting on his shirt

A Day In The Life Of Patrick Hardison, Face Transplant Survivor

Most Americans Are Still Wary Of Becoming Superhumans

By Claire Maldarelli

Karl Urban stars as Dr. Leonard McCoy in *Star Trek: Beyond*

Bones Deep

By Mary Beth Griggs

Endangered black-footed ferrets.

Government Drones Will Shoot Vaccinated M&Ms At Prairie Dogs

By Kelsey D. Atherton

‘Super Sniffer’ Mice Engineered For Ultra-Powerful Sense of Smell

‘Super Sniffer’ Mice Engineered For Ultra-Powerful Sense of Smell

By Kate Baggaley

The End Of Root Canals?

The End Of Root Canals?

By Coby McDonald

Tiny Rocket Could One Day Deliver Meds Or Hunt For Cancer In Your Body

Tiny Rocket Could One Day Deliver Meds Or Hunt For Cancer In Your Body

By Coby McDonald

New Zika Study Results Could Help Design A Vaccine

New Zika Study Results Could Help Design A Vaccine

By Claire Maldarelli

Helium Balloons

Researchers Just Found A Huge Underground Helium Pool In Africa

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Pill That Monitors Your Vital Signs

A Pill That Monitors Your Vital Signs

By Claire Maldarelli

IBM Creates A Molecule That Could Destroy All Viruses

IBM Creates A Molecule That Could Destroy All Viruses

By Claire Maldarelli

STAR performing surgery.

Autonomous Robot Performs Successful Surgery On Living Pig

By Claire Maldarelli

Is DIY Kitchen CRISPR A Class Issue?

Is DIY Kitchen CRISPR A Class Issue?

What Is A Biosimilar Drug?

What Is A Biosimilar Drug?

By Alexandra Ossola

scissors cutting ribbon

Are We Ready for Designer Babies?

By Claire Maldarelli

Lab Grown Neuron Networks Could Treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s

Lab Grown Neuron Networks Could Treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s

By Alexandra Ossola

Regenerated heart

Scientists Grow Full-Sized, Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells

By Alexandra Ossola

Stem Cells Can Regenerate The Lens In Your Eye

By Alexandra Ossola

How Does A Penis Transplant Work?

How Does A Penis Transplant Work?

By Alexandra Ossola

Chinese Scientists Turn Mouse Stem Cells Into Working Sperm Cells

Chinese Scientists Turn Mouse Stem Cells Into Working Sperm Cells

By Nicholas Raine-Fenning and Ioannis Sfontouris/The Conversation

“Genetic Scissors” Could Completely Eliminate HIV From Cells

“Genetic Scissors” Could Completely Eliminate HIV From Cells

By Alexandra Ossola

How Scientists Could Safely And Quickly Test A Zika Vaccine

How Scientists Could Safely And Quickly Test A Zika Vaccine

By Alexandra Ossola

Primary Truth

By Brooke Borel

U.S. Confirms First Case Of Zika Virus Transmitted Through Sex

U.S. Confirms First Case Of Zika Virus Transmitted Through Sex

By Claire Maldarelli

CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Stops Muscular Dystrophy In Living Mice

CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Stops Muscular Dystrophy In Living Mice

By Alexandra Ossola

Scientists Support Research On Gene Editing Of Human Embryos

Scientists Support Research On Gene Editing Of Human Embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

The Future Of Gene Editing Is Being Decided Right Now

By Claire Maldarelli

How We’ve Succeeded In Breaching The Blood-Brain Barrier At Last

How We’ve Succeeded In Breaching The Blood-Brain Barrier At Last

By Alexandra Ossola

CRISPR Variation Won’t Introduce New DNA To Plants

CRISPR Variation Won’t Introduce New DNA To Plants

By Alexandra Ossola

Allie Johnson, a patient at St. Jude

Learning from the Children

By Alexandra Ossola

This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans

This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans

By Claire Maldarelli

We Can Now Sequence A Whole Human Genome In 26 Hours

We Can Now Sequence A Whole Human Genome In 26 Hours

By Claire Maldarelli