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Can Ozone Therapy Treat Ebola?
Health

Can Ozone Therapy Treat Ebola?

By Alexandra Ossola

Stem Cell Experts Support Using CRISPR In Human Embryos
Gene Editing

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

crispr gene editing
Gene Editing

Biohackers Are Now Using CRISPR

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
Gene Editing

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

New Dissolving Ring Delivers Drugs Through Your Stomach For Seven Days
Health

New Dissolving Ring Delivers Drugs Through Your Stomach For Seven Days

By Alexandra Ossola

Scientists Tweak T Cells Using CRISPR
Diseases

Scientists Tweak T Cells Using CRISPR

By Alexandra Ossola

World’s First Malaria Vaccine Takes Another Step Forward
Health

World’s First Malaria Vaccine Takes Another Step Forward

By Claire Maldarelli

Software To Predict Exactly What Happens When You Edit A Gene
AI

Software To Predict Exactly What Happens When You Edit A Gene

By Alexandra Ossola

Twitter Turns Down The CRISPR Hype
Gene Editing

Twitter Turns Down The CRISPR Hype

By Rebecca Harrington

New Antibody Fights Several Flu Strains At Once
Health

New Antibody Fights Several Flu Strains At Once

By Alexandra Ossola

Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone
Health

Approved: Prosthetic Legs That Anchor Directly To The Bone

By Levi Sharpe

‘Army Of Half-Cloned Mice’ Created In China From Artificial Sperm
Gene Editing

‘Army Of Half-Cloned Mice’ Created In China From Artificial Sperm

By Alexandra Ossola

Researchers Grow Tiny Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells
Health

Researchers Grow Tiny Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells

By Alexandra Ossola

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

Swine Flu Vaccine May Have Caused Spike In Narcolepsy Cases
Health

Swine Flu Vaccine May Have Caused Spike In Narcolepsy Cases

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

White House Lifts Restrictions On Marijuana Research
Health

White House Lifts Restrictions On Marijuana Research

By Alexandra Ossola

Brain-Stimulating Helmet May Help Parkinson’s Patients
Health

Brain-Stimulating Helmet May Help Parkinson’s Patients

By Levi Sharpe

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

Gene Tests Are Quite Telling – Should You Get One?

By Alexandra Ossola

Some Perfectly Healthy People Have Disease Lurking In Their DNA
Diseases

Some Perfectly Healthy People Have Disease Lurking In Their DNA

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

Your Doctor Could Grow A Tiny Version Of Your Brain In A Dish
Health

Your Doctor Could Grow A Tiny Version Of Your Brain In A Dish

By Alexandra Ossola

Mutant Bacteria Will Test You For Disease And Color Your Pee Accordingly
Cancer

Mutant Bacteria Will Test You For Disease And Color Your Pee Accordingly

By Alexandra Ossola

The Church Of George Church
Gene Editing

The Church Of George Church

By Jeneen interlandi

Long Live The Mammoth
Animals

Long Live The Mammoth

By Beth Shapiro

Fast Blood Test For Radiation Exposure Could Save Lives
Health

Fast Blood Test For Radiation Exposure Could Save Lives

By Alexandra Ossola

A Patch That Delivers Vaccines, No Needles Necessary
Health

A Patch That Delivers Vaccines, No Needles Necessary

By Alexandra Ossola

Meet The Machine That Could Replace Anesthesiologists
Health

Meet The Machine That Could Replace Anesthesiologists

By Rachel Fobar

measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine by Merck and injection needle
Health

Measles Vaccine Reduces Deaths From Other Diseases

By Alexandra Ossola

Citing Ethical Issues, U.S. Will Not Fund Embryo Editing
Engineering

Citing Ethical Issues, U.S. Will Not Fund Embryo Editing

By Sarah Fecht

Vaccine Patches For Measles Could Be Here By 2017
Health

Vaccine Patches For Measles Could Be Here By 2017

By Alexandra Ossola

To Get Rid Of Mitochondrial Diseases, Just Edit Them Out Of DNA
Gene Editing

To Get Rid Of Mitochondrial Diseases, Just Edit Them Out Of DNA

By Alexandra Ossola

For The First Time, Researchers Edit The Genes Of Human Embryos
Gene Editing

For The First Time, Researchers Edit The Genes Of Human Embryos

By Alexandra Ossola

Sound Waves Could Help Detect Hard-To-Find Cancer Cells
Cancer

Sound Waves Could Help Detect Hard-To-Find Cancer Cells

By Alexandra Ossola

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?
Health

Should You Trust Big Pharma With Your DNA?

By Heather Hansman

Woolly Mammoth DNA Successfully Spliced Into Elephant Cells
Animals

Woolly Mammoth DNA Successfully Spliced Into Elephant Cells

By Sarah Fecht

Measles And The Power of Understanding
Health

Measles And The Power of Understanding

By Cliff Ransom

Yes, You Can Reverse Disease
Diseases

Yes, You Can Reverse Disease

By

Ebola-Plagued Countries Now Risk Deadly Measles Epidemic
Health

Ebola-Plagued Countries Now Risk Deadly Measles Epidemic

By Sarah Fecht

Stem Cell Test Screens For Dangerous Drug Side Effects
Health

Stem Cell Test Screens For Dangerous Drug Side Effects

By Alexandra Ossola

Video Game Trains Eyes To Work Better Together
Gaming

Video Game Trains Eyes To Work Better Together

By Dan Moren

Smart Necklace Analyzes What Goes Down Your Throat
Gear

Smart Necklace Analyzes What Goes Down Your Throat

By Nsikan Akpan

Injectable Enzyme Stops Wounds From Bleeding
Health

Injectable Enzyme Stops Wounds From Bleeding

By Alexandra Ossola

New Injectable Hydrogel Delivers Drugs Without Surgery
Health

New Injectable Hydrogel Delivers Drugs Without Surgery

By Alexandra Ossola

measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine by Merck and injection needle
Health

16 African Countries Have ‘Overtaken The U.S.’ In Measles Vaccination Rate

By Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles
Diabetes

Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles

By Lydia Ramsey

Promising Results For Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Health

Promising Results For Experimental Ebola Vaccine

By Francie Diep

Medical Inhalers To Track Where You Are When You Puff
Health

Medical Inhalers To Track Where You Are When You Puff

By Alison Bruzek

Could Drugs Heal A Broken Heart?
Health

Could Drugs Heal A Broken Heart?

By Jessica Hullinger

photo of induced pluripotent stem cells dyed with fluorescent dyes
Health

Found: A Weird New Pluripotent Cell Type

By Francie Diep

Drug Flags Malaria-Infected Cells For Destruction
Health

Drug Flags Malaria-Infected Cells For Destruction

By Francie Diep

How Nigeria’s Anti-Polio Strategy Helped It Wipe Out Ebola
Health

How Nigeria’s Anti-Polio Strategy Helped It Wipe Out Ebola

By Francie Diep

DNA
Health

IBM’s Watson Will Give You Health Advice Based On Your DNA

By Francie Diep

Toxin-Secreting Stem Cells May Destroy Brain Tumors From Inside Out
Health

Toxin-Secreting Stem Cells May Destroy Brain Tumors From Inside Out

By Loren Grush

Does Slacktivism Really Drive Science Forward?
Health

Does Slacktivism Really Drive Science Forward?

By Breanna Draxler

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Health

Injection Of Brain Nerve Cells Into Spine Helps Paralyzed Man Walk Again

By Mary Beth Griggs

At Last: Technology To Make Injections Painless
Health

At Last: Technology To Make Injections Painless

By Mary Beth Griggs

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