Health

You are only ever a few days away from your demise.

Cancer cells seem to have a harder time growing among pair-bonded mice, according to a new study that explored the “widowhood effect.”

The new brain tumor treatment targets a cancer that kills 75% of patients within a year.

For some reason, the bodies of deceased monks stay “fresh” for a long time.

It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.

Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.

Biomedical science assumes that people want to live as long as possible. They don’t.

Age ain’t nothing but a number, but “inflammatory age” may be real.

The oldest person in history lived to 122

Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.

Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.

Humans could, in theory, one day use scaling laws to extend our lifespans.

Antisense oligonucleotide therapy uses small molecules to alter RNA. Researchers have now used those molecules to alleviate a genetic form of blindness.

A team of biohackers is on a David-versus-Goliath mission to make insulin affordable to an increasing number of diabetics.

New research shines a light on the genetics of sudden cardiac deaths.

A new device cured the hiccups 92 percent of the time in a recent study involving more than 200 participants.

How were mRNA vaccines developed? Pfizer’s Dr Bill Gruber explains the science behind this record-breaking achievement and how it was developed without compromising safety.

Dealing with rudeness can nudge you toward cognitive errors.

Israeli food-tech company DouxMatok (Hebrew for “double sweet”) has created a sugary product that uses 40 percent less actual sugar yet still tastes sweet.

She helped create CRISPR, a gene-editing technology that is changing the way we treat genetic diseases and even how we produce food.

As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.

A new study suggests that reports of the impending infertility of the human male are greatly exaggerated.

An early feasibility study finds a potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

Vaccines can be grown in and extracted from the leaves of plants.

Engineered immune cells have prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice.

Many thousands of different genetic variants are responsible for complex behavior.

Could this spell the end for mosquitos?

The tiny swimmers appear to transmit signals that “persuade” the female body to have a baby.

Can the main psychoactive ingredient of magic mushrooms help treat the world’s sixth most debilitating illness?

“The question is which are okay, which are not okay.”