Here's how to avoid outliving your own bones
Hit the gym and find the sunshine vitamin
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Cell Biology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Scientists are recruiting live bacteria to fight deadly infections
A study in rural India is raising hopes for a future without antibiotics
Genomics
University of Alberta
3 peer comments
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New HIV drugs show a disease under control – for those who can afford them
Even as new therapies raise hopes, diagnoses and costs prevent widespread treatment
Biochemistry
University of Ottawa
We're beginning to understand why spinal cord tissue is so hard to heal
A group of recent findings may eventually pave the way for better treatments
Neuroscience
McGill University
2 peer comments
Chewing gum could detect disease in saliva and deliver results via taste
Forget wearables, the hottest tech around is chewables
Chemical Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
Can the right microbes really solve all your health problems?
A microbiologist explains the latest gut science
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Microbiology
Brown University
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This 3D-printed ovary could help the women left out of modern fertility technology
We're a long way from a human version, but the initial results are promising
Endocrinology
University of Michigan
We're beginning to understand the 'tumor microenvironment' that makes cancer so resilient
The cellular processes that help tumors thrive in the body are a promising new target for cancer treatments
Biochemistry
University of Ottawa
3D-printed organs could help us heal faster and live longer
Researchers made waves last year by successfully implanting new jaws in rats
Cell Biology
New Harvest
Diabetes is a much stranger disease than I realized
We don't really know what causes diabetes, but it involves these misshapen proteins infecting each other
Biochemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
Advances in gene therapy could help cure a cruel childhood illness
Most viruses make people sick. But we're learning to use them to deliver cures to complex diseases
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Neuroscience
LA Biomed
How turmeric became a naturopathic cure-all without the evidence to back it up
Scientists and the media share a fair amount of the blame
Molecular Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
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Your body's cells adapt to stress to avoid making mistakes
Our biological building blocks may be much more resilient than scientists thought possible
Genetics
University of Michigan
How do researchers study a deadly bacterium? They give mice our immune system
Trying to understand MRSA, a recent study used mice whose defenses were 5 to 63 percent human
Biomedical Sciences
In science, failure can be a blessing. Just look at Viagra
The little blue pill started life as a failed treatment for chest pain
Molecular Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
How fatal snail venom can be reimagined as a lifesaving diabetes treatment
This unique, weaponized form of insulin could produce a new class of fast-acting drugs for managing diabetes.
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Biology
University of Utah
Can scientists learn from the stock market to eradicate HIV?
HIV is tricky to fight because the virus changes so much. That reminded researchers of something else that fluctuates frequently.
Biomedical Sciences
University of Iowa
How stressed-out fish are teaching us about human heart disease
Farmed fish and office-bound humans face a common problem
Physiology, Marine Biology, and Ecology
Harvard University
A scientist explains why you should approach exciting microbiome news with caution
We know the microbiome is important to health, but we're still developing the tools to understand how and why
Computational Biology
Stanford University
A researcher explains why cancer isn't mainly caused by bad luck
Understanding where mutations come from is key to fighting the disease.
Pathology
Columbia University
Meet the woman who changed how we treat cancer
Jane Cooke Wright saved millions by making chemotherapy more effective
We still don't really know how Zika gets into the brain
For this scientist, the race to understand one of the world's most mysterious diseases is personal.
Neuroscience
Harvard University
Neurons die with grace
Neuroscientist Emily Lowry’s ongoing research on how and why nerve cells die has implications for Alzheimer’s, ALS and beyond.