Gene therapy was a boy’s last chance to stop leukemia. And it worked.
At least 50 children are in remission because of a breakthrough treatment that engineers the body’s own immune system to fight cancer.
Why is the teenage brain so unpredictable? A neurobiologist explains
Neurobiologist Frances Jensen explores the biochemical imperatives that make teenagers and young adults so emotional and unpredictable, as well as leaving them more vulnerable to addiction and mental disorders.
After compulsively watching YouTube, teenage girl lands in rehab for ‘digital addiction’
Digital addictions are not official mental disorders. But researchers see the same patterns in digital addictions as in other substance abuse.
LGBT health advocates fear backlash under Trump
Since Donald Trump’s election, LGBT health advocates have been holding their breath to see who the president-elect will pick for the cabinet-level position of secretary of Health and Human Services.
Henrietta Lacks was a poor African-American woman whose cells have been used in scientific research for decades. Her story has been told in a best-selling book — and now an awesome middle school rap video.
