Health

a stylized image of a person injecting themselves with a GLP-1 agonist
Medicine
Are weight-loss meds the next wonder drugs?
Evidence is mounting that GLP-1 agonists could treat many health issues — including ones that aren’t obviously related to weight.
Kristin Houser
A surgeon in scrubs and a headlamp performs a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, assisted by another healthcare professional, under bright surgical lights.
Surgery
First-of-its-kind pig kidney transplant is a success
A woman with heart and kidney failure is now the second person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant.
Kristin Houser
white pills being poured from a milk container over a black background
Medicine
Milk could overcome one of the biggest hurdles to RNA therapies
RNA therapies typically break down if administered orally, but particles found in cows’ milk could provide perfect protection.
Kristin Houser
A collage featuring a woman undergoing brain stimulation and images of the brain
Brain
How scientists are using sound waves to hack the brain
Kristin Houser
side-by-side images of a clear lens with a spiral shape embedded in it
Inventions
New “spiral” contact lenses let you see up close and far away
Kristin Houser
An illustration of a person's foot with an arrow pointing at their Achilles heel
Cancer
How the “powerhouse of the cell” could be cancer’s Achilles heel
Sachin Rawat
A collage featuring an injector pen for the weigh-loss drug Saxenda and a person's hand holding pills
Addiction
Weight-loss drug reduces cravings for opioids in small study
Kristin Houser
A close up of a red blood cell, highlighting its structure and shape.
Biology
The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood
Sneha Khedkar | Knowable Magazine
A man is holding a laptop with a thermal sensor on it.
Prosthetics
Man feels hot and cold again with prosthetic hand breakthrough
Kevin Dickinson
A close up of a brain with blue lights on it.
Neuroscience
Evidence that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders is emerging
David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory | MIT News
Microscope view of human skin treated with a short interfering RNA (siRNA) drug
Medicine
New pharma supergroup aims to tackle skin disorders
Kristin Houser
A young black man with anxiety, holding his head in distress.
Mental Health
​Why is anxiety spiking in young people but not older adults?
Stephen Johnson
an illustration of two people fighting, but their bodies are made entirely of cells as seen under a microscope.
Cancer
Scientists stole a mutation from cancer and used it to kill tumors
Kristin Houser