Medicine (Page 3)

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

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a scan of a zebrafish with its eye highlighted in green and other parts of its anatomy stained red and blue

Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’

By Laura Baisas

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal cell also highlighted (nuclei in light blue and organelles in yellow-green).

Bioengineers made mutant, solar-powered hamster cells

da Vinci Surgical System practicing sutures on pork loin

Watch a robot operate on a pork loin

a person performs CPR

Bystander CPR done within 10 minutes likely increases survival rates

By Laura Baisas

Close up of two rhesus monkeys

43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’

Human tissue sample created in 3D bioprinter

Bioprinting breakthrough uses acoustic waves to create lab-grown human tissue

Gila monster spit inspired a new way to detect rare pancreatic tumors

five toothbrushes in a cup on a bathroom sink

The next lifesaving antibiotic might be a virus on your toothbrush

By Laura Baisas

Nurse putting blood pressure monitor arm band on patient

How to ensure your doctor measures your blood pressure correctly

a snake with an open mouth and visible fangs

New tool helps scientists identify venomous snakes

By Laura Baisas

a woman scratches several red mosquito bites on her shoulder

‘Ancient, funny’ cells are to blame for itchy mosquito bites

By Laura Baisas

A freshly-collected batch of venomous cone snails.

Precise, lethal sea snail toxin could one day lead to better medicines

By Laura Baisas

A transparent zebrafish in a tank in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on June 20, 2023.

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way

By Laura Baisas

The device, which is about the size of a stick of gum, can be implanted under the skin, where it monitors heart rate, breathing rate, and other vital signs. When it determines that an overdose has occurred, it rapidly pumps out a dose of naloxone.

First-of-its-kind implant detects and treats opioid overdoses

Neuralink N1 Device breakdown component illustration

39% of electrodes work after second ‘successful’ human Neuralink implant

a fruit fly intestine. it is a long and narrow coiled tube with green coloration from dye

Swapping genes can help fruit flies regenerate cells

By Laura Baisas

Toxoplasma gondii oocyst under the microscope, isolated

Bioengineered parasites may one day deliver meds into your brain

a scientists with a gloved hand prepares a blood sample in a test tube

FDA approves new blood test to detect colon cancer

By Laura Baisas

Why millions are trying FDA-authorized alternatives to Big Pharma’s weight loss drugs

By Arthur Allen/KFF Health News

Close up of pills in blister packs

How will astronauts handle expired drugs on Mars?

Nubian spitting cobra (

Breakthrough cobra venom antidote discovered

Pain doesn’t belong on a scale of zero to 10

Pain doesn’t belong on a scale of zero to 10

By Elisabeth Rosenthal/KFF Health News

Close up of human brain neuron

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

Water tank used for wave modulation system

Sound waves power ping-pong ball through aquatic obstacle course

'fraud' written over man in brain device

In the 1960s, swindlers pushed fake radioactive medicine

By Popular Science Team

a tardigrade. these microscopic animals have right legs and round bear-like bodies with a small pointy appendage in front.

Tardigrade genes edited with an advanced CRISPR technique

By Laura Baisas

a black widow spider on a leaf. the spider is black with a red marking on its abdomen.

New experimental black widow venom antidote uses human antibodies

By Laura Baisas

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy machine in hospital laboratory.

New technology could shrink bulky MRI machines

Hand holding Neuralink implant

85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient

Neuralink N1 implant device breakdown

Neuralink seeks its next brain implant volunteer

Three 3D printed polypills

One 3D-printed ‘polypill’ could fit an entire day’s medications

Gene therapy breakthrough allows toddler born deaf to hear

Tandem insulin pump installed on woman's stomach

FDA issues recall for diabetes app after over 200 reported injuries

Close up of orangutan

Orangutan observed using a plant to treat an open wound

Alexander Milton Ross

The bombastic 19th-century anti-vaxxer who fueled Montreal’s smallpox epidemic

By Sabrina Sholts / MIT Press Reader

shelled and unshelled peanuts on a table

After 100 years, new guidelines propose rules for common food allergy treatment

By Laura Baisas

an yellow-ish bag of liver cells in a suspension.

Experimental treatment grows livers from lymph nodes

By Laura Baisas

Users wearing BCI cap to play video game

This cap is a big step towards universal, noninvasive brain-computer interfaces

Bladder sensor next to smartphone displaying its app

This implant will tell a smartphone app when you need to pee

surgeons in an operating room

Surgeons complete first-ever gene-edited pig kidney transplant

By Mack DeGeurin

Neuralink shows first human patient using brain implant to play online chess

Woman talking with nurse chatbot on iPad

Silicon Valley wants to deploy AI nursebots to handle your care

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs

By Bill Gourgey

A doctor puts a bandage on the upper arm of a senior citizen.

CDC recommends Americans 65 and over get additional COVID-19 vaccine

By Laura Baisas

Varda W-1 capsule reentry video screenshot

Watch the plasma fly in space capsule’s dramatic fall to Earth

A syringe with a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine next to its packaging.

How to check your measles vaccination status amid outbreak

By Laura Baisas

Pigs in sty at factory farm

Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year

Surgeon using spaceMIRA remote surgery tool on ISS

First remote, zero-gravity surgery performed on the ISS from Earth (on rubber)

Illustration of 3D printed brain tissue culture with 25nm scale

Scientists have 3D bioprinted functioning human brain tissue

Stem cells found in menstrual blood could unlock new therapies and diagnostic tests.

The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood

By Sneha Khedkar / Knowable Magazine

Elon Musk alleges Neuralink completed its first human trial implant

Just cutting DNA to bits isn’t a big deal. The special trick that CRISPR systems add is to make those cuts only in precise, targeted spots.

What’s going on with CRISPR gene editing?

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

The packaging for an inhaler called Flovent HFA. Flovent is a popular inhaled corticosteroid that helps keep inflammation in the lungs low and the airways open for people with asthma.

Popular corticosteroid asthma inhaler Flovent was discontinued this month

By Laura Baisas

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration

A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills

Pharmacy shelves stocked with medications

Law enforcements can obtain prescription records from pharmacy giants without a warrant

A researcher handles a petri dish while observing a CRISPR/Cas9 process through a stereomicroscope at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine.

FDA approves the first gene-editing treatment in the US

By Laura Baisas

Researchers working with laser array in lab

Swapping surgical bone saws for laser beams

A woman in pain puts her hands up to her nosed with her eyes closed.

It’s stuffy nose season. Here’s how to cope

By Laura Baisas

colorful dna strands; illustration

Can our eyes ever fix themselves?

By Aparna Nathan

A researcher handles a petri dish while observing a CRISPR/Cas9 process through a stereomicroscope at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine.

The UK becomes the first country to approve CRISPR treatment

By Laura Baisas

Close up of doctor's hand attaching wearable soft stethoscope patch to patient's chest

This tiny wireless wearable continuously monitors your body’s internal soundtrack

The synthetic melanin is being applied to Inflamed skin. Just under the surface of the skin are green free radicals, also known as ROS, or "reactive oxygen species."

Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection

By Laura Baisas

A microscopic image of small drug-resistant germs in yellow surrounding a larger human cell, in red.

Poop transplants might protect vulnerable patients from superbug infections

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A box of a nasal decongestant called SudafedPe on a store shelf.

CVS to stop selling cold and allergy pills that FDA warns don’t work

By Laura Baisas