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British researchers have discovered a new type of T-cell that kills at least 10 types of cancers, all while ignoring healthy cells.

Scientists Discover Immune Cell That Kills Most Cancers

By Kristin Houser

Chinese officials confirmed that the pneumonia-like virus that first emerged at a Wuhan seafood market can be transmitted from person-to-person.

Chinese Virus Is Spreading Between Humans, Prompting Outbreak Fears

By Dan Robitzski

President Donald Trump regrets getting personally involved in his administration's vape ban, which could help curb teen vaping.

Trump Says He Now Regrets Pushing for Vape Ban

By Kristin Houser

Researchers couldn't find any reason why human hibernation shouldn't be possible — and cracking it could help us explore the cosmos.

Scientists: Human Hibernation Is Entirely Possible

By Kristin Houser

The mysterious pneumonia-like virus that hit China last month has now spread to Japan and Thailand. Experts still aren't sure how.

China’s Mysterious Virus Spreads to Japan and Thailand

By Dan Robitzski

On Saturday, a man named Adam Gorlitsky, who is paralyzed from the waist down, broke a world record for finishing a marathon wearing a robotic exoskeleton.

Health & Medicine

Paralyzed Man Runs Marathon In Robotic Exoskeleton

By Dan Robitzski

A link between the protein Sestrin and exercise could one day allow us to enjoy the benefits of physical activity without ever leaving our couches.

Study: Treatment Provides Benefits of Exercise Without Exercising

By Kristin Houser

When the Department of Veterans Affairs refused to pay for a disabled veteran's prosthetic legs, the company that provided the limbs came to repo them.

Prosthetics and Devices

Healthcare Company Repossesses Veteran’s Prosthetic Legs

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from Italy claim to have discovered two new cannabinoids, including one they say is 30 times more potent than THC.

Newly Discovered Weed Compound Is 30 Times More Potent Than THC

By Kristin Houser

Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua has confirmed that a third gene-edited baby has been born as part of researcher He Jiankui's controversial experiment.

China Quietly Confirms Birth of Third Gene-Edited Baby

By Kristin Houser

A Chinese court has sentenced researcher He Jiankui to three years in prison for creating the world's first gene-edited babies.

China Is Imprisoning the Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies

By Kristin Houser

Pentagon officials signed a memo earlier this week urging members of the military to stop using consumer DNA tests, calling them a security threat.

Pentagon Urges Military Members to Skip At-Home DNA Tests

By Dan Robitzski

Marijuana can literally change a user's heart, enlarging its left ventricle and impairing function, according to a new study.

New Research: Marijuana Changes Heart Structure

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from MIT came up with an invisible ink that can be harmlessly embedded in the skin along with a vaccine to serve as a medical record.

Prosthetics and Devices

Invisible Ink “Tattoos” Could Be Used to ID Vaccinated Kids

By Victor Tangermann

A new CDC study suggests that one in two American adults will be considered obese by 2030. It's a growing problem that affects low-income workers the most.

Half of America May Be Obese by 2030. Here’s Why That Matters for Society.

By Dan Robitzski

To fight his alcohol addiction, Frank Plummer agreed to have electrodes implanted into his brain as part of an experimental study.

Neuroscience and Brain

This Scientist Got Brain Surgery to Fight His Alcohol Addiction

By Kristin Houser

The first long-term study on vaping has found that it increases a person's chances of developing lung disease by about a third.

Study: Just Three Years of Vaping Increases Lung Disease Risk

By Kristin Houser

A new study has uncovered 109 genetic variants linked to more than one psychiatric disorder, a discovery that could help identify future treatments.

Health & Medicine

Study Uncovers Genetic Links Between Psychiatric Disorders

By Kristin Houser

We're solidly into the beginning of the 2019-2020 flu season and so far it's proving to be an unusual one as atypical strains of flu virus are turning up.

2020 Flu Season Off to Quirky Start, Also Affects Seals

Following a bone marrow transplant, a man's semen now contains only his donor's DNA — a strange case that could affect the future of forensic science.

After Bone Marrow Transplant, Man’s Semen Contains Only Donor’s DNA

By Kristin Houser

The Centers for Disease Control has released a list of vaping brands EVALI sufferers said they used prior to contracting the lung disease.

CDC: These Are the Brands Linked to the Vaping Epidemic

By Kristin Houser

A woman developed a rare disease called "cobalt lung" after vaping marijuana for just six months, according to a new case study.

Doctors Think Vaping Gave This Woman a Rare Lung Disease

By Kristin Houser

Oregon startup Silo Wellness created a nasal spray that delivers precise amounts of the magic mushroom compound psilocybin with each pump for microdosing.

This Startup Made a Nose Spray for Microdosing Psilocybin

By Kristin Houser

A measles outbreak in Samoa has left 60 people dead, the vast majority of them children under the age of four, prompting a nationwide vaccination campaign.

Nation’s Entire Gov Shuts Down to Focus on Measles Outbreak

By Kristin Houser

MIT researchers have found that they could teach test subjects how to manipulate their own alpha brain waves, thereby improving attention at a given task.

Neuroscience and Brain

MIT Says New Technique Lets You Hack Your Own Brain Waves

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese court has sentenced researcher He Jiankui to three years in prison for creating the world's first gene-edited babies.

Experts Horrified by Leaked CRISPR Baby Study

By Kristin Houser

A comprehensive new analysis of 50 years' worth of medical data has linked heavy, frequent marijuana use with an increased risk of testicular cancer.

New Analysis: Marijuana Seems to Be Linked to Testicular Cancer

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers used eye-tracking tech on people looking at breasts in the hopes the data would lead to better breast surgery outcomes.

Surgeons Use Eye-Tracking Tech to Find the “Perfect Boob”

By Kristin Houser

Scientists recreated the bizarre activity of brain cells in tiny new chips, potentially leading to a new generation of artificial medical devices.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Finally Build Artificial Brain Cells

By Dan Robitzski

A former sales rep recounts the tactics Big Pharma used to convince doctors to prescribe opioids in greater and greater numbers.

RX and Medicine

Drug Rep Exposes How Big Pharma Pushed Opioids

By Kristin Houser

A single dose of ketamine helped heavy drinkers cut their alcohol intake in half during an experimental study out of the United Kingdom.

Neuroscience and Brain

Study: Want to Stop Drinking So Much? Do Ketamine Once.

By Kristin Houser

The FDA just sent a torrent of letters warning there's no evidence that CBD use has the medical benefits that companies claim, and it's in fact dangerous.

FDA Cracks Down on CBD, Saying It Has “Real Risks”

By Dan Robitzski

A comprehensive new study confirms that the American life expectancy has been dropping for years and that the problem is broader than expected.

The American Life Expectancy Is Now Falling Due to Drugs, Suicide

By Dan Robitzski

Indian researchers have submitted a male birth control injection to regulators for approval, which it could have in as few as six months.

Fate of Male Birth Control Injection Now in Government’s Hands

By Kristin Houser

Chinese parents are using DNA testing to shape how they raise their children, despite the science behind the tests being flimsy at best.

Parents Are Letting DNA Testing Dictate How They Raise Their Kids

By Victor Tangermann

Decades later, people who had half their brain removed as children have stronger neural connections and function than doctors expected.

Neuroscience and Brain

People With Half Their Brain Removed Are Doing Surprisingly Well

By Dan Robitzski

A new study of the effects of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactive ingredient in ayahuasca, could help us finally understand consciousness.

Neuroscience and Brain

Research: DMT’s Effects on Brainwaves Could Explain Consciousness

By Kristin Houser

A wave of questionable startups claim they can test your DNA and make complicated predictions about your personality and health. Experts say it's hogwash.

“Like Horoscope Readings!”: The Scammy World of DNA Test Startups

By Dan Robitzski

A bioethicist argues that making gene-hacked designer babies is not only possible but ethically responsible, if it means eradicated diseases.

Bioethicist Argues That We Need a CRISPR Baby Industry ASAP

By Dan Robitzski

A blind man who went through brain surgery to get outfitted with a new bionic eye says he can see some things for the first time in years.

RX and Medicine

A Man’s New Bionic Eye Lets Him See After an Accident Blinded Him

By Dan Robitzski

Ever since Trump announced a flavored vape ban, advisers and lobbyists have been trying to nip it in the bud. Now, it seems that they succeeded.

Courting “Vapers Who Vote,” Trump May Cancel Flavored Vape Ban

By Dan Robitzski

By targeting protein-producing cells in the brains of mouse models of Down syndrome, researchers reversed some of the animals' cognitive impairments.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Reverse Cognitive Deficits of Down Syndrome in Mice

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk recently claimed that Neuralink tech would be able to "cure" autism, along with schizophrenia. But autism isn't a brain disease that needs a cure.

Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Claims Neuralink Can “Solve” Autism, Schizophrenia

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors are treating two people in China for an outbreak of the pneumonic plague, the most serious form of the infamous Black Death disease.

There’s an Outbreak of the “Black Death” Plague in China

By Kristin Houser

A trial that's the first of its kind in the United States will test the ability of brain implants to help people overcome their drug addiction.

Doctors Are Using Human Brain Implants to Fight Drug Addiction

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that vaping is just as bad for your heart as is smoking cigarettes. In some ways, vapes are even worse.

RX and Medicine

New Research: Vaping Is Incredibly Bad for Your Heart

By Dan Robitzski

When British teen Ewan Fisher was 16 years old, he took up vaping. Within five months, he was in intensive care on two forms of life support.

UK Teen Needed Life Support After Vaping for Just Five Months

By Kristin Houser

Paralyzed Army veteran Terry Hannigan Vereline used an exoskeleton to complete the 2019 New York City Marathon over the course of three days.

Health & Medicine

Paralyzed US Veteran Uses Exoskeleton to Complete a Marathon

By Kristin Houser

One man recently got a double lung transplant because he vaped so much that he caused irreparable damage to his respiratory system.

RX and Medicine

This Person Vaped So Much They Needed a Double Lung Transplant

By Dan Robitzski

New CDC research solidifies scientists' hunch that a compound called vitamin E acetate is causing the ongoing "vape lung" outbreak.

The CDC Says It Really Knows What’s Causing “Vape Lung” This Time

By Dan Robitzski

Ambrosia Health, the "young blood" transfusion clinic formerly known as Ivy Plasma, is back, touting a new overnight shipping service.

Ambrosia Is Back to Selling Transfusions of Young People’s Blood

By Dan Robitzski

Over a year later, the veteran who got the world's first penis transplant that included the scrotum and surrounding flesh reports that he's doing just fine.

Doctors Announce First Ever “Fully Functional” Penis Transplant

By Dan Robitzski

In China, minors are no longer allowed to play video games between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., or for more than 90 minutes total on weekdays.

Health & Medicine

China Bans Minors From Playing Video Games After 10 PM

By Kristin Houser

U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock envisions a future where every child born in the country gets a genome sequence to scan for rare diseases.

UK Plans to Give All Children Full Genome Sequence at Birth

By Dan Robitzski

Over the last year, the number of posts on Reddit where people asked for help diagnosing a condition have doubled, especially when it comes to an STI.

People Are Posting Their Genitals on Reddit to Get STI Diagnoses

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, have 3D-printed skin that's alive and has blood vessels.

Scientists 3D-Printed Living Skin, Complete With Blood Vessels

By Victor Tangermann

The life expectancy for American men has steadily dropped for several years. Meanwhile, deaths from drug overdose have nearly doubled.

The Life Expectancy for American Men Keeps Falling

By Dan Robitzski

Google has purchased Fitbit for $2.1 billion, but it promises not to try to recoup any of that money by using people's health data to sell ads.

Prosthetics and Devices

Google Buys Fitbit, Promises Not to Use Health Data to Sell Ads

By Kristin Houser

According to a new report by Common Sense Media found that the average screen time for children in the U.S. is as high as its ever been.

Most American 11-Year-Olds Now Have Smartphones

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers are working on the next generation of bionic glasses that could give the blind back much more of their vision in the future.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Let Blind “See” With Next-Gen Bionic Glasses

By Victor Tangermann

In the video game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice," players see the world through the eyes of a young warrior suffering from severe mental health issues.

Health & Medicine

This Award-Winning Video Game Lets You Experience Psychosis

By Kristin Houser

A new lawsuit claims that JUUL shipped a million contaminated vape pods to customers and then fired an exec for voicing his concerns about it.

Former Juul Exec: Company Shipped a Million “Contaminated” Pods

By Kristin Houser

Doctors in Texas recorded a livestream of a brain surgery during which the person under the knife, Jenna Schardt, was awake and talking.

Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Just Livestreamed a Brain Surgery on Facebook

By Kristin Houser

A technique some worried would lead to the creation of super-smart designer babies isn't technologically up to the task, finds a new study.

Plan to Create Super-Smart Designer Babies Won’t Work, Says Study

By Kristin Houser