This Week’s NOVA Next Feature
Stem cell therapies remain few and far between, but the versatile tissues are transforming how we understand disease. NOVA Next contributor Carrie Arnold reports the story.
In other news from NOVA and around the web:
- Galaxies’ gamma rays may illuminate dark matter.
- Thankfully, the recent epidemic Ebola strain isn’t any more lethal or transmittable.
- The White House wants to slow the growth of antibiotic resistance over the next five years.
- The answer to virtual reality’s biggest pitfall may be right in front of our noses.
- Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders—the largest collection ever analyzed in a single human population.
- The rate of Antarctic shelf shrinking has increased by 70 percent over the past decade.
- Angelina Jolie revealed in the The New York Times her decision to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes. Her choice will result in early onset menopause—but for some women, there may be other options .
- When it comes to clean drinking water, silver is a wonder material .
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- The humble roundworm may be able to detect cancer .
- A new Alzheimer’s drug sharply reduced cognitive decline in a phase 1 clinical trial.
- The Great Barrier Reef could endure permanent damage if these projects go forward.
- Across the planet, road construction has splintered natural habitats.