đź’°Our editors’ picks for the best Prime Day deals.đź’°

Medicine(Page 14)

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

Latest in Medicine

Wireless brain implants are helping paralyzed monkeys walk again
Health

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
Health

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
Health

There’s No Need To Fear Gene-Edited Food

By Jen Schwartz

facial nerve
Health

A Mysterious Nerve Condition Paralyzed Half My Face

By Peter Hess

EpiPens Versus Dissolvable Tablets
Health

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

We Are Closer To Curing All Diseases Than We Think
Health

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
Health

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

By Mary Beth Griggs

New 3D Printed Material Can Help Regenerate Bones
Technology

New 3D Printed Material Can Help Regenerate Bones

By Kate Baggaley

Should You Build Your Own EpiPen?
Health

Should You Build Your Own EpiPen?

By Peter Hess

Cone Snail Venom Could Help Create Speedy Diabetes Treatments
Health

Cone Snail Venom Could Help Create Speedy Diabetes Treatments

By Kate Baggaley

CRISPR-Modified Corn May Soon Be Ready For Market
Health

CRISPR-Modified Corn May Soon Be Ready For Market

By Alexandra Ossola

Patrick Hardison putting on his shirt
Health

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

By Matt Giles

crispr
Health

Most Americans Are Still Wary Of Becoming Superhumans

By Claire Maldarelli

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

Bones Deep

By Mary Beth Griggs

Endangered black-footed ferrets.
Health

Government Drones Will Shoot Vaccinated M&Ms At Prairie Dogs

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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

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

By Kate Baggaley

The End Of Root Canals?
Health

The End Of Root Canals?

By Coby McDonald

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

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
Health

New Zika Study Results Could Help Design A Vaccine

By Claire Maldarelli

Helium Balloons
Health

Researchers Just Found A Huge Underground Helium Pool In Africa

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Pill That Monitors Your Vital Signs
Health

A Pill That Monitors Your Vital Signs

By Claire Maldarelli

IBM Creates A Molecule That Could Destroy All Viruses
Health

IBM Creates A Molecule That Could Destroy All Viruses

By Claire Maldarelli

STAR performing surgery.
Health

Autonomous Robot Performs Successful Surgery On Living Pig

By Claire Maldarelli

Is DIY Kitchen CRISPR A Class Issue?
Health

Is DIY Kitchen CRISPR A Class Issue?

By Steph Yin

What Is A Biosimilar Drug?
Health

What Is A Biosimilar Drug?

By Alexandra Ossola

scissors cutting ribbon
Health

Are We Ready for Designer Babies?

By Claire Maldarelli

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

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

By Alexandra Ossola

Regenerated heart
Health

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

By Alexandra Ossola

Cataract
Health

Stem Cells Can Regenerate The Lens In Your Eye

By Alexandra Ossola

How Does A Penis Transplant Work?
Health

How Does A Penis Transplant Work?

By Alexandra Ossola

Chinese Scientists Turn Mouse Stem Cells Into Working Sperm Cells
Health

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
Health

“Genetic Scissors” Could Completely Eliminate HIV From Cells

By Alexandra Ossola

How Scientists Could Safely And Quickly Test A Zika Vaccine
Health

How Scientists Could Safely And Quickly Test A Zika Vaccine

By Alexandra Ossola

Primary Truth
Health

Primary Truth

By Brooke Borel

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

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

By Claire Maldarelli

CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Stops Muscular Dystrophy In Living Mice
Health

CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Stops Muscular Dystrophy In Living Mice

By Alexandra Ossola

Scientists Support Research On Gene Editing Of Human Embryos
Health

Scientists Support Research On Gene Editing Of Human Embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

CRISPR
Health

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
Health

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

By Alexandra Ossola

CRISPR Variation Won’t Introduce New DNA To Plants
Health

CRISPR Variation Won’t Introduce New DNA To Plants

By Alexandra Ossola

Allie Johnson, a patient at St. Jude
Health

Learning from the Children

By Alexandra Ossola

This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans
Health

This Test Can Detect Any Virus That Infects Humans

By Claire Maldarelli

We Can Now Sequence A Whole Human Genome In 26 Hours
Health

We Can Now Sequence A Whole Human Genome In 26 Hours

By Claire Maldarelli

What Would You Pay To Save Your Life?
Health

What Would You Pay To Save Your Life?

By Rebecca Boyle

CRISPR
Health

British Scientists Want Permission To Genetically Edit Viable Human Embryos

By Claire Maldarelli

Can Ozone Therapy Treat Ebola?
Health

Can Ozone Therapy Treat Ebola?

By Alexandra Ossola

Stem Cell Experts Support Using CRISPR In Human Embryos
Health

Stem Cell Experts Support Using CRISPR In Human Embryos

By Steph Yin

Everything You Need to Know About Precision Medicine
Health

Everything You Need to Know About Precision Medicine

By Alexandra Ossola

Carbon Nanotube Implants Could Help Diagnose Medical Conditions
Health

Carbon Nanotube Implants Could Help Diagnose Medical Conditions

By Alexandra Ossola

crispr gene editing
Health

Should Bioethicists “Get Out Of The Way” Of CRISPR Research?

By Alexandra Ossola

New Ebola Vaccine Shows 100 Percent Effectiveness In Early Tests
Health

New Ebola Vaccine Shows 100 Percent Effectiveness In Early Tests

By Grennan Milliken

New Treatment Lets Paralyzed Patients Move Their Legs
Health

New Treatment Lets Paralyzed Patients Move Their Legs

By Claire Maldarelli

World’s First Malaria Vaccine Takes Another Step Forward
Health

World’s First Malaria Vaccine Takes Another Step Forward

By Claire Maldarelli

Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone
Health

Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone

By Levi Sharpe

You Can Now Crowdsource Your Medical Diagnoses, But Should You?
Health

You Can Now Crowdsource Your Medical Diagnoses, But Should You?

By Alexandra Ossola

The Search For A Better Lethal Injection
Health

The Search For A Better Lethal Injection

By Alexandra Ossola

Doctors Are Using Lasers To Treat People With Severe Psychological Conditions
Health

Doctors Are Using Lasers To Treat People With Severe Psychological Conditions

By Alexandra Ossola

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?
Health

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?

By Alexandra Ossola

The Cure-All
Health

The Cure-All

By Tyler Graham

5 Things You Need To Know About So-Called “Female Viagra”
Health

5 Things You Need To Know About So-Called “Female Viagra”

By Jennifer Abbasi

Will Smoking Pot Get Rid Of Your Intestinal Worms?
Health

Will Smoking Pot Get Rid Of Your Intestinal Worms?

By Alexandra Ossola

The Church Of George Church
Health

The Church Of George Church

By Jeneen interlandi

Long Live The Mammoth
Health

Long Live The Mammoth

By Beth Shapiro

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?
Health

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?

By Heather Hansman