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…
How to Set Medication Reminders on Your Phone (2022): Best Apps, iPhone, Android
[ad_1] Prescription drugs help us with everything from chronic pain to birth control, but it can be tough to remember to take your pill every day, especially if you have…
There’s a Monkeypox Testing Bottleneck
[ad_1] But while a monkeypox test already existed, it required lab workers to do each step by hand, Morice says. Federal guidelines say testing should be done only by swabbing…
Martin Shkreli Is Back With a Web3 Drug Discovery Platform
[ad_1] Martin Shkreli—the notorious ex-pharmaceutical executive fresh from prison after his 2017 fraud conviction—announced his latest, eyebrow-raising venture this week: the creation of a blockchain-based Web3 drug discovery platform that…
This Stamp-Sized Ultrasound Patch Can Image Internal Organs
[ad_1] When a patient goes into a clinic for an ultrasound of their stomach, they lie down on crinkly paper atop an exam table. A clinician spreads a thick goo…
California Wants to Make Cheap Insulin. Here’s How It Could Work
[ad_1] Insulin was first discovered in 1921, and the following year, a 14-year-old boy suffering from diabetes became the first person treated with it. The medical breakthrough won a Nobel…
These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage
[ad_1] Even though the researchers only used a RBD from one version of Covid, their vaccine generated a robust polyclonal response—meaning it created multiple antibody types, rather than just one.…
After Roe, Men Might Finally Get Better Birth Control
[ad_1] Phase 2 trials test a drug for both efficacy and safety, typically in hundreds of volunteers, and look for harmful or unpleasant drug reactions. A previous Phase 2 trial…
Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
[ad_1] The panic started as soon as Jayda took the test in early July. It came back positive, and a quick calculation suggested she was seven weeks pregnant. It was…
The Covid Virus Keeps Evolving. Why Haven’t Vaccines?
[ad_1] On March 16, 2020, the first volunteer received a shot of Moderna’s then-experimental Covid-19 vaccine, just 63 days after the company had generated a genetic blueprint of the new…
How to Support People in States Where Abortion Is Under Threat
[ad_1] TEA recognizes that abortions are essential health care and their donation page can be found here. Right by You Missouri was one of the first states to outlaw abortion…
‘Blood Washing’ Is the Latest Dubious—and Pricey—Long-Covid Trend
[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic is considered by many experts to be a mass disabling event. Though most people fully recover from a battle with the highly infectious coronavirus, a significant…