Science Dec 30 3 brain technologies to watch in 2018 Some tiny technologies could lead to some big advances in neuroscience in 2018. Here's what we'll be paying attention to.
Health Jun 22 Prodigy’s death shines light on slow progress against sickle cell disease The death of the rap artist Prodigy (Albert Johnson) at only 42 this week, after a lifetime of suffering from sickle cell disease, was a reminder of the devastating cost of the sometimes fatal genetic disorder — and of the…
Health Apr 09 Before you send your spit to 23andMe, what you need to know The genetic testing company 23andMe received approval this week from regulators to sell genetic reports on an individual’s risk for 10 diseases, most prominently Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Health Mar 11 House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results A House panel voted to allow employers to require workers to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars.
Science Feb 16 Broad Institute wins heated dispute over CRISPR patents The U.S. patent office ruled on Wednesday that hotly disputed patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 belong to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, dealing a blow to the University of California.
Science Jan 27 First human-pig chimeras spark hopes for transplantable organs — and debate These human-pig “chimeras” were not allowed to develop past the fetal stage, but the experiment suggests such creations could eventually be used to grow fully human organs for transplant…
Health Oct 05 Epic yawns boost brain growth, study says If you have a big brain, you can credit yawning for promoting brain growth and activity, the researchers found. And if you have a small brain, you can blame the fact that you don’t yawn long enough.
Health Sep 16 5 lessons from this week’s Clinton-Trump medical record circus Here are the five main takeaways from this week’s presidential medical circus.
Science Aug 11 New technique sees brain gene activity in living color A new neuroimaging tool shows for the first time where genes are being turned on or off in living brains.
Health Jun 28 Pelvic exams for healthy women have no proven benefit, U.S. panel says The US Preventive Services Task Force, which advises the federal government on preventive care, concluded that there is not enough evidence to recommend pelvic exams for healthy women.