medical research

The "Ice Bucket Challenge" to fund ALS research was so effective, it resulted in the development of a new drug that was just approved by the FDA.

So Icy

Rx/Medicines

But the story is complicated.

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? It Ended Up Funding a New ALS Drug

A plant geneticist at the University of Northern Colorado found that the DNA of marijuana U.S. researchers are using for research looked way more like hemp.

Brick Weed

The crop researchers are using “doesn’t look like marijuana, it doesn’t smell like marijuana."

Pot Used for Scientific Research is Pretty Weak

Though human cloning may still be a ways off, there's no going back. 

Scientists Just Cloned Monkeys. Humans Could Be Next.

The software works with a small portable DNA sequencer.

Using DNA, New Software Can Verify Identity In Minutes

heart attack heart failure heart disease medical treatments

The researchers are studying the pathways involved in heart development and regeneration to improve treatments.

Scientists Have Successfully Reversed Advanced Heart Failure in Mice

Our study of the brain is a never-ending story.

Researchers Discover New Vessel System in the Human Brain

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Both jobs and lives are put at risk if this funding is pulled.

Trump Calls for an Immediate $1.2 Billion Cut to the National Institue of Health's Budget

supercomputer medical research life expectancy computing

Faster processing will lead to longer lifespans.

Supercomputers Could Help Extend Human Life Expectancy By a Decade

Would you be willing to wait until 75 to retire?

Advances in Longevity Are Forcing Nations to Redefine "Elderly"

What does the next year have in store for the human body? 

Future Health: 2017's Most Exciting Medical Advances

Slacktivist/schmacktivist 'Ice Bucket Challenge' leads to yet another ALS breakthrough!

Ice Bucket Challenge Has Led to a Major ALS Breakthrough