Medicine(Page 16)

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The $1,000 Genome, and the New Problem of Having Too Much Information

The $1,000 Genome, and the New Problem of Having Too Much Information The $1,000 Genome, and the New Problem of Having Too Much Information

By Jennifer Abbasi

A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen

A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen

By Rebecca Boyle

Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras

Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras

By Rebecca Boyle

For the First Time, Lab-Grown Blood Is Pumped Into a Human’s Veins

For the First Time, Lab-Grown Blood Is Pumped Into a Human’s Veins For the First Time, Lab-Grown Blood Is Pumped Into a Human’s Veins

Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows

Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows

By Rebecca Boyle

Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe

Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe

By Rebecca Boyle

The Incredible Shrinking Shot: Needles Get a Pain-Free Makeover

The Incredible Shrinking Shot: Needles Get a Pain-Free Makeover The Incredible Shrinking Shot: Needles Get a Pain-Free Makeover

By Lana Birbrair

New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches

New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches

By Rebecca Boyle

Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless

Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless

Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant

Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant

Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV

Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV

By Rebecca Boyle

Stem-Cell Therapy Works Wonders for Race Horses; Are Human Treatments Next?

Stem-Cell Therapy Works Wonders for Race Horses; Are Human Treatments Next? Stem-Cell Therapy Works Wonders for Race Horses; Are Human Treatments Next?

By Emily Anthes

Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell

Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell Worm Regenerates a Whole New Body From a Single Cell

By Rebecca Boyle

Did Stem Cell Therapy Repair Bartolo Colon’s Broken Pitching Arm?

Did Stem Cell Therapy Repair Bartolo Colon’s Broken Pitching Arm? Did Stem Cell Therapy Repair Bartolo Colon’s Broken Pitching Arm?

“Heart Plungers” Keep Air Flowing During CPR

“Heart Plungers” Keep Air Flowing During CPR “Heart Plungers” Keep Air Flowing During CPR

By Caitlin Kearney

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes

By Catherine Price

Our Body the Ecosystem: Understanding the Interplay Between Man and Microbe

Our Body the Ecosystem: Understanding the Interplay Between Man and Microbe Our Body the Ecosystem: Understanding the Interplay Between Man and Microbe

By Virginia Hughes

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In

Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In

By Brooke Borel

Injured Brazilian Wolf Is First Wild Animal Treated With Stem Cells

Injured Brazilian Wolf Is First Wild Animal Treated With Stem Cells Injured Brazilian Wolf Is First Wild Animal Treated With Stem Cells

By Rebecca Boyle

British Doctor Faked Data Linking Vaccines to Autism, and Aimed to Profit From It

British Doctor Faked Data Linking Vaccines to Autism, and Aimed to Profit From It British Doctor Faked Data Linking Vaccines to Autism, and Aimed to Profit From It

By Rebecca Boyle

Implant Uses A Microchip Embedded in the Spine To Edit Out Chronic Pain

Implant Uses A Microchip Embedded in the Spine To Edit Out Chronic Pain Implant Uses A Microchip Embedded in the Spine To Edit Out Chronic Pain

Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV

Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV

In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation

In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation

By Lizzie Schiffman

Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains

Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains

By Mara Hvistendahl

Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome

Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome

Hunting The Elusive Fat Pill

Hunting The Elusive Fat Pill Hunting The Elusive Fat Pill

By Eric Hagerman

Freezing the heart to save the life

Freezing the heart to save the life Freezing the heart to save the life

By Melinda Wenner Moyer

Seven Little Piggies Make History

Seven Little Piggies Make History Seven Little Piggies Make History

By SciIll Staff

A Little Off the Top, S’Il Vous Plait

A Little Off the Top, S’Il Vous Plait A Little Off the Top, S’Il Vous Plait

By Isadora Botwinick

Special Operations

Special Operations Special Operations

By Isadora Botwinick

Of Brain Disease and Belly Ache

Of Brain Disease and Belly Ache Of Brain Disease and Belly Ache

By Isadora Botwinick