In the Next Pandemic, Let’s Pay People to Get Vaccinated
[ad_1] It’s a truth universally acknowledged that people like money. If you show them the cash, they’re generally more likely to do what you want, whether that be to stop smoking, work…
Crispr’s Quest to Slay Donegal Amy
[ad_1] In the 5th century, in early medieval Ireland, Conall Gulban, an Irish king, gave his name to an area of land at the northwest tip of the Irish coast.…
A Proactive Way to Detect Cancer at Its Earliest Stages
[ad_1] In November 2016, German-American entrepreneur Cyriac Roeding read a profile of Sam Gambhir, a physician and scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, in a magazine. In the article,…
Amazon’s Creep Into Health Care Has Some Experts Spooked
[ad_1] Smith told WIRED that Amazon keeps patient health information confidential and secure in compliance with federal law and regulations, and in line with industry standards; Amazon Clinic customer data…
Diverse Teams Are Needed to Save the Planet
[ad_1] Engineering has a white-male problem. Women make up just 14.5 percent of the engineering workforce in the United Kingdom, with ethnic minorities constituting just 8 percent. For Lila Ibrahim,…
The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context
[ad_1] In November 2021, when the psychedelics company Compass Pathways released the top-line results of its trial looking at psilocybin in patients with treatment-resistant depression, the stock of the company…
Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hosts
[ad_1] The Arctic—that remote, largely undisturbed, 5.5 million square miles of frozen terrain—is heating up fast. In fact, it’s warming nearly four times quicker than the rest of the world,…
Big Pharma Says Drug Prices Reflect R&D Cost. Researchers Call BS
[ad_1] At the end of September, a spot of good news: Relyvrio, a new drug for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—or ALS, a neurological disorder without a cure—was approved in the…
The Problem With Mental Health Bots
[ad_1] Teresa Berkowitz’s experiences with therapists had been hit or miss. ”Some good, some helpful, some just a waste of time and money,” she says. When some childhood trauma was…
The Mystery of Why Some People Don’t Get Covid
[ad_1] We all know a “Covid virgin,” or “Novid,” someone who has defied all logic in dodging the coronavirus. But beyond judicious caution, sheer luck, or a lack of friends,…
Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?
[ad_1] In April 2021, a widely anticipated paper in the field of psychedelics dropped. The study, a small trial run at Imperial College London and published in The New England…
Egg and Sperm Donors Could Be Required to Share Their Medical Records
[ad_1] Laura High’s hormones have been out of whack since she was as young as 13 years old. Her period was “all over the place,” so her doctors put her…
Doctors Are Pioneering a Better Way to Perform Autopsies on Kids
[ad_1] The autopsy, which comes from the Greek word autopsia, meaning “the act of seeing with one’s own eyes,” is a centuries-old technique and a cornerstone of medical diagnostics. Autopsies…
The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short
[ad_1] In a run-of-the-mill business park in Kvistgård, a Danish village about 25 miles north of Copenhagen encircled by forests, lies one of the most crucial solutions for controlling the…
The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon
[ad_1] Synchron is making tangible progress. In August 2020, the company was granted an investigational device exemption from the FDA, allowing it to become the first company to conduct clinical…