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FYI: Do Cloned Wild Animals Have Instincts?
Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles
Japanese Researchers Develop a Way to Turn Biological Tissue Transparent
New Phase-Changing Gel Method Repairs Severed Blood Vessels Better than Stitches
New Chip Provides Cheap At-Home Sperm Counting
The first genetically engineered humans might not have their DNA tweaked at all
COVID-19 testing scientists are the unsung heroes of the pandemic
Skin Cells Converted Directly To Brain Cells, For First Time Ever
The FDA Has Approved The First Artificial Pancreas
New 3D Printed Material Can Help Regenerate Bones
Mothers’ Milk Teaches Babies To Defend Themselves
The Americas Just Eliminated Measles, But Vaccination Will Help It Stay Gone
Insulin Can Now Be Made Cheaply from Flowers
Why are we so bad at producing the right flu vaccines?
Compound LJ001 Acts Like Antibiotic Against Viruses
We Are Closer To Curing All Diseases Than We Think
Doctor Accused Of Giving Patients Cat Saliva And Vodka Vaccinations
Brain Scan Shows Vegetative Patient Responding To Yes-or-No Questions
Five Reasons Henrietta Lacks is the Most Important Woman in Medical History
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Gene Therapy Is Inevitable Next Frontier for Sports Doping
In 2021 You’ll Grow a New Heart
By Stimulating Stem Cells, Bioactive Nanogel Regenerates Cartilage in Joints
Rural America may miss out on early COVID-19 vaccines
Marijuana Research Offers New Hope For Male Birth Control Pill
Preventing Superbugs By Deactivating Antibiotics With A Flash Of Light
Genetically Engineered Pig Lung Successfully Oxygenates Human Blood, Paving the Way For Transplants
New Drug Can Treat Almost Any Viral Infection By Killing the Body’s Infected Cells
With two COVID-19 vaccines available, the CDC updates its guidance on who gets them first
Changing the Language of DNA: Altered Cells Taught To Read 4-Base-Pair Codons
Ultrasound Beams Could Destroy Stroke-Causing Blood Clots in the Brain
Scorpion Venom Could Make a Safe Alternative to Morphine
For Test-Tube Babies, Synthetic Environment Could Cause Lasting Genetic Damage
Texas Secretly Gave The Blood of 800 Newborns to DNA Database
Sex Positions That Won’t Break Your Artificial Hip, According To Science
Five good-news health stories from this past year
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes With Disabled Wings Join Fight Against Dengue Fever
California’s hepatitis A outbreak shows why people need easy access to health care
Forget The EpiPen—It’s Time For An Epi-Pill
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Why two doses of the new COVID-19 vaccines are better than one
In Blitz to Kill One Kind of Infectious Bacteria, Other Untreatable Strains Emerge
The first smallpox vaccine changed the world—but we’re still not sure what was in it
Ending the pandemic means vaccinating the whole world—but the US is focusing on itself
Can you spread COVID-19 after vaccination? Here’s what we know.
The ‘darkest days’ of COVID-19 are still to come
You should get the flu shot—even if it won’t keep you from getting sick
A New Breed of Medical Screws Dissolve In Body and Promote Bone Growth
Electric Brain Stimulation Helps Rats With Spinal Cord Injuries Walk
A Mysterious Nerve Condition Paralyzed Half My Face
Promising Results For Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Is living forever going to suck?
Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome
Harvard-MIT Team’s New Synthetic Vocal Cord Gel Gives Voice to the Voiceless
The First Trial of an Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment for Blindness Begins in California
Mice Molars Grown From Stem Cells Form Fully Functional, Transplantable Teeth
Tested: A Reboot for the Immune System
The new, more-contagious UK COVID-19 strain is officially in the US
Medical Inhalers To Track Where You Are When You Puff
Using a Lab-Grown Trachea, Surgeons Conduct the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant
An Israeli Biocomputer Can Now Detect Multiple Signs of Disease from Inside the Body
Lab Builds a Fully Functioning Artificial Small Intestine
The world may be at risk of a new COVID-19 surge
There’s No Need To Fear Gene-Edited Food
Bluetooth-Enabled ‘Smart Hip’ Monitors Joint Implants from Within the Body
In First Successful Human Trial, Nanotech Robots Deploy Cancer-Fighting RNA