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  1. Health & Medicine

    Birth control research is moving beyond the pill

    After decades of research, reproductive biologists are on the verge of developing new birth control options that stop sperm from maturing or save a woman's eggs for later.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Genetics

    Double-duty DNA plays a role in birth and death

    Coronary artery disease may be the price humans pay for improved fertility.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Health & Medicine

    Common drugs help reverse signs of fetal alcohol syndrome in rats

    A thyroid hormone and a blood sugar drug affect levels of a hormone needed for brain development, study in rats shows.

    By Laurel Hamers
  4. Health & Medicine

    Therapy flags DNA typos to rev cancer-fighting T cells

    Genetic tests help identify cancer patients who will benefit from immune therapy.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Health & Medicine

    Bones make hormones that communicate with the brain and other organs

    Bones send out hormone signals that chat with other parts of the body, studies in mice show. What influence these hormones have in people, though, remain a mystery.

    By Cassie Martin
  6. Health & Medicine

    Live antibiotics use bacteria to kill bacteria

    Certain bacteria will destroy other bacteria without harming humans. They may be an answer to antibiotic-resistant infections.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  7. Health & Medicine

    Readers concerned about cancer’s sugary disguise

    Tricky cancer cells, brain-shaping smartphones, a cow-burying badger and more in reader feedback.

    By Science News Staff
  8. Neuroscience

    Brain gains seen in elderly mice injected with human umbilical cord plasma

    Plasma from human umbilical cord blood refreshes aspects of learning and memory in mice.

    By Laura Sanders
  9. Health & Medicine

    Genetic risk of getting second cancer tallied for pediatric survivors

    Inherited mutations, not only treatment, affect the chances that a childhood cancer survivor will develop a second cancer later in life.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  10. Humans

    Scientists seek early signs of autism

    The search for autism biomarkers, in the blood and the brain, is heating up.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Genetics

    Human gene editing therapies are OK in certain cases, panel advises

    A panel of experts says clinical gene editing to correct and prevent human disease should move forward, but enhancements should not be allowed.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  12. Health & Medicine

    Cancer cells cast a sweet spell on the immune system

    Tumors have surface sugars that persuade the body’s defenses to look the other way. New therapies are being devised to break the trance.

    By Esther Landhuis