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Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop

Health & Medicine

Vampire Clinic That Sold Young Blood to the Wealthy Closes Shop

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA released a statement today warning that longevity companies advertising transfusions of young people's blood are likely scams.

Health & Medicine

The FDA Warns: Transfusions of Young Blood Are a Dangerous Scam

By Dan Robitzski

A statistician is warning that scientists are leaning on machine learning algorithms to find patterns in data where none exist.

Machine Learning

Statistician: Machine Learning Is Causing A “Crisis in Science”

By Jon Christian

The FDA Is Trying to Figure out How to Regulate Smart Pills

The FDA Is Trying to Figure out How to Regulate Smart Pills

By Dan Robitzski

New research that grew new mouse toes took an important step towards the ability to regenerate mammalian limbs after amputation.

A New Cocktail of Proteins Makes Mice Regenerate Toes Like Lizards

By Dan Robitzski

A newly published analysis of 445 Chinese transplant studies reveals a startling lack of information on the source of the organs.

Health & Medicine

Study Accuses China of Likely Stealing Organs From Prisoners

By Kristin Houser

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

Self-Propelling Pills Could Mean The End of Needle Vaccines

By Dan Robitzski

A new medical device could charge pacemakers using the kinetic energy of a person's heartbeat. If it works, it could eliminate costly and risky surgeries.

New Implant Powers Cyborg Devices Using Your Heartbeat

By Dan Robitzski

A new investigation reveals that out of 48 healthcare startups that raised $1 billion, over half have barely published any research to support their claims.

Health & Medicine

Health Startups’ Dark Secret: Most Don’t Publish Peer-Reviewed Research

By Dan Robitzski

Some pills float in a blue tinted cup of coffee

Feeling Lonely? Scientists Are Developing a Pill to Fight Loneliness

Board certified genetic counselor Rachelle Chambers says that 23andMe's new test for colon cancer could do some good, but professionals would do better.

We Asked a Genetic Counselor About 23andMe’s New Cancer Test

By Dan Robitzski

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.

Health & Medicine

Next Gene-Edited Baby Due in Six Months, Scientist Says

By Dan Robitzski

A stylized picture of a 3D-printed heart like one NASA wants to print in space.

Here’s Why NASA Wants to 3D Print Human Hearts in Space

By Dan Robitzski

The ongoing government shutdown is causing dire effects on biological research, as furloughed scientists struggle to keep their research subjects alive.

Government Shutdown Could Have Lasting Impacts on Scientific Progress

By Dan Robitzski

Ambrosia, the controversial startup clinic offering transfusions of young people's blood, has officially opened up shop in five U.S. cities.

Health & Medicine

New Chain of Clinics Will “Fill Your Veins” With Blood of Youths

By Dan Robitzski

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.

Prosthetics and Devices

Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

The Apple Watch EKG could flag a potentially-dangerous heart condition. But it's more likely to waste everyone's time, doctors argue.

Health & Medicine

Doctors: Apple Watch EKG Users Could Burden the Healthcare System

By Dan Robitzski

Biotech company Bluebird Bio Inc. wants to sell its genetic replacement therapy for beta thalessemia over a five-year subscription model.

Health & Medicine

Biotech Firm to Launch Pay-As-You-Go Gene Therapy

By Dan Robitzski

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients to see if a drug that stops ALS-related neuron death can also help people with Alzheimer's Disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

By Dan Robitzski

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety

Clearing Old Cells from Mouse Brains Lowered Signs of Anxiety

By Dan Robitzski

A neural implant nicknamed the "bionic face" can help treat facial paralysis by stimulating paralyzed muscles with electricity.

A “Bionic Face” Brain Implant Could Treat Facial Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

A Wireless Neural Implant Might Jolt the Brain out of Seizures

By Dan Robitzski

Ball and chain.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

By Dan Robitzski

A new cancer treatment that uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer is scheduled to start human trials in 2019.

Scientists to Test New Cancer Treatment on Human Patients in 2019

By Jon Christian

A new virtual reality simulation built by Cambridge University scientists gives a high-resolution detail view into the cells of a breast cancer tumor.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Tumors Could Help Lead to New Cancer Treatments

By Dan Robitzski

New medical research shows how to reprogram a mature blood cell into a new kind of stem cell that cell can grow into a neuron and multiply indefinitely.

RX and Medicine

Neural Stem Cells Grown From Blood Could Revolutionize Medicine

By Dan Robitzski

New research describes how optogenetics, which involves activating nerve cells with pulses of light, could vastly improve paralysis treatment.

Neuroscience and Brain

Stimulating Muscles With Light Could Soon Treat Paralysis

By Dan Robitzski

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

By Dan Robitzski

A new report on the future of medical technology by the Royal College of Surgeons argues that many surgical procedures will soon become obsolete.

Health & Medicine

Experts: Stem Cells and Robots Will Replace Many Invasive Surgeries

By Dan Robitzski

The first lab-grown placenta has remained stable for a year. Doctors hope it can better explain and help prevent first-trimester pregnancy complications.

The First Lab-Grown Placenta Unlocks Brand New Medical Research

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists figured out the ideal brain region to target with deep brain stimulation in order to alleviate depression symptoms.

Stimulating This Part of the Brain Alleviates Depression Symptoms

By Dan Robitzski

A new robotic limb picks up on the signals that an amputee's brain sends to their perceived phantom limbs. Without any practice, the new arm responds.

Prosthetics and Devices

A New Prosthetic Arm Takes the Place of a Phantom Limb

By Dan Robitzski

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

Health & Medicine

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

By Dan Robitzski

Upon hearing the news that a child with a CRISPR-altered genome was born a few weeks ago, genetics researchers around the world condemned the experiment.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Around the World Condemn That CRISPR Baby Experiment

By Dan Robitzski

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found on International Space Station

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found on International Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene-editing clinical trial, still shrouded in secrecy and surrounded by questions, allegedly resulted in living people with boosted HIV resistance.

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Claim to Have Gene-Edited Human Babies For the First Time

By Dan Robitzski

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

By Dan Robitzski

Australian scientists created a new kind of video game where you swallow a high-tech pill and win by changing your gut chemistry.

Prosthetics and Devices

An Edible Controller Moves Gaming From the Screen to Your Gut

By Dan Robitzski

A biotechnology firm figured out how to scan an embryo for genetic markers that predict an abnormally high or low intelligence.

Health & Medicine

New Test Predicts How Smart Babies Will Be Before They’re Born

By Dan Robitzski

A new kind of prosthetic limb gives people the control of the most sophisticated prostheses out there, but is also easily-interchangeable.

Prosthetics and Devices

New Prosthetic Limbs are More Interchangeable Than Ever

By Dan Robitzski

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested big money in new sanitation technology, yielding developments that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

Health & Medicine

Bill Gates Wants to Save Lives and Money With High-Tech Toilets

By Dan Robitzski

A recent phase II clinical trial showed evidence that MDMA treatment, in addition to psychotherapy, might be able to help people with PTSD.

Health & Medicine

MDMA Therapy Eliminated PTSD Symptoms In 76 Percent of Patients

By Dan Robitzski

With a spinal implant boosting paralyzed people's brains' commands, they were able to walk short distances for the first time since their injuries.

Health & Medicine

A Spinal Implant Is Helping Paralyzed People Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

A brain floating against a space scene background.

Zero Gravity Causes Worrisome Changes In Astronauts’ Brains

By Dan Robitzski

Edible Tech Is Finally Useful, Is Here to Help You Poop

Health & Medicine

Edible Tech Is Finally Useful, Is Here to Help You Poop

By Dan Robitzski

Training a neural net to decode a person's brain signals and send them to a robotic limb led to better, precise control over prosthetics.

A Neural Network, Connected to a Human Brain, Could Mean More Advanced Prosthetics

By Dan Robitzski

The World’s First Practical Quantum Computer May Be Just Five Years Away

Quantum Computing

The World’s First Practical Quantum Computer May Be Just Five Years Away

By Dan Robitzski

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

Clearing Faulty Cells Out Of The Brain May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

By Dan Robitzski

The New Apple Watch Transforms What a “Medical Device” Can Look Like

The New Apple Watch Transforms What a “Medical Device” Can Look Like

By Dan Robitzski

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Could Be The Key To Longevity [Affiliate]

By Peter H. Diamandis

Freezing And Storing Donated Organs Could Eliminate Some Transplant Waitlists

Freezing And Storing Donated Organs Could Eliminate Some Transplant Waitlists

By Dan Robitzski

This “Cancer Cure” Video Is Fake. That’s The Point.

This “Cancer Cure” Video Is Fake. That’s The Point.

By Dan Robitzski

This Scientist Predicted He Would Live to 150. Now He’s Not So Sure.

Health & Medicine

This Scientist Predicted He Would Live to 150. Now He’s Not So Sure.

By Dan Robitzski

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies

Decades Of Scientific Research Does, In Fact, Suggest Breastfeeding Is Best for Babies

By Dan Robitzski

A Real Whodunnit: Tech Eccentric John McAfee Claims Enemies Poisoned Him

Health & Medicine

A Real Whodunnit: Tech Eccentric John McAfee Claims Enemies Poisoned Him

By Dan Robitzski

In Ontario, New Project Will Give Providers and Patients More Access to Health Records

In Ontario, New Project Will Give Providers and Patients More Access to Health Records

By Dan Robitzski

This Study To Assess How Drinking Affects Our Health Is A Master Class In How To Do Science Poorly

Health & Medicine

This Study To Assess How Drinking Affects Our Health Is A Master Class In How To Do Science Poorly

By Dan Robitzski

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

Neuroscience and Brain

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

By Dan Robitzski

Have Poor Vision? Let These Super Clunky Glasses Focus Your Eyes For You

Health & Medicine

Have Poor Vision? Let These Super Clunky Glasses Focus Your Eyes For You

By Dan Robitzski

A New AI Algorithm Can Track Your Movements Through A Wall

Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Algorithm Can Track Your Movements Through A Wall

By Dan Robitzski

America Now Has The Fastest Supercomputer In The World. Here’s Why That Actually Matters

America Now Has The Fastest Supercomputer In The World. Here’s Why That Actually Matters

By Dan Robitzski

Did An Acid Trip Change Your Life? Scientists Want To Know About It

Neuroscience and Brain

Did An Acid Trip Change Your Life? Scientists Want To Know About It

By Dan Robitzski

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

By Dan Robitzski