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A sensor inspired by an African thumb piano could root out bogus medicines

An inexpensive, user-friendly device that’s based on an mbira could help identify counterfeit and contaminated medications.

By Maria Temming | 11:10am, September 18, 2018

Biomedicine

News | Biomedicine

A new antibiotic uses sneaky tactics to kill drug-resistant superbugs

By Laurel Hamers | 1:00pm, September 12, 2018

News in Brief | Biomedicine

CRISPR gene editing relieves muscular dystrophy symptoms in dogs

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, August 30, 2018

News in Brief | Biomedicine

Cancer drugs may help the liver recover from common painkiller overdoses

By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:15pm, August 15, 2018
Cancer

Science Ticker | Cancer

There’s a new cervical cancer screening option

By Aimee Cunningham | 11:00am, August 21, 2018

News | Cancer

Cancer cells engineered with CRISPR slay their own kin

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, July 11, 2018

News | Cancer

Evidence grows that an HPV screen beats a Pap test at preventing cancer

By Aimee Cunningham | 11:58am, July 03, 2018
Clinical Trials

News | Clinical Trials

Brain features may reveal if placebo pills could treat chronic pain

By Aimee Cunningham | 1:00pm, September 13, 2018

News | Clinical Trials

The first gene-silencing drug wins FDA approval

By Laurel Hamers | 3:52pm, August 10, 2018

News | Clinical Trials

Lowering blood pressure may help the brain

By Aimee Cunningham | 9:00am, July 25, 2018
Health

News in Brief | Health

Here’s how many U.S. kids are vaping marijuana

By Aimee Cunningham | 11:00am, September 17, 2018

50 Years Ago | Health

50 years ago, a pessimistic view for heart transplants

By Bethany Brookshire | 7:00am, September 06, 2018

News | Health

Teens born from assisted pregnancies may have higher blood pressure

By Aimee Cunningham | 6:00am, September 05, 2018
Human Development

News | Human Development

Pregnant women’s use of opioids is on the rise

By Leah Rosenbaum | 4:00pm, August 09, 2018

News | Human Development

Human brains make new nerve cells — and lots of them — well into old age

By Laurel Hamers | 2:50pm, April 05, 2018

Feature | Human Development

How to build a human brain

By Ingfei Chen | 3:30pm, February 20, 2018
Mental Health

Reviews & Previews | Mental Health

Strange brains offer a glimpse into the mind

By Laura Sanders | 9:00am, August 13, 2018

News | Mental Health

Google Glass could help children with autism socialize with others

By Maria Temming | 5:00am, August 02, 2018

Feature | Mental Health

The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques during sleep

By Laura Beil | 6:00am, July 15, 2018
Neuroscience

News in Brief | Neuroscience

How obesity may harm memory and learning

By Laura Sanders | 1:06pm, September 10, 2018

News in Brief | Neuroscience

Newfound skull tunnels may speed immune cells’ trek to brain injuries

By Laura Sanders | 7:00am, August 31, 2018

News | Neuroscience

How antibodies attack the brain and muddle memory

By Laura Sanders | 11:32am, August 23, 2018
Nutrition

News in Brief | Nutrition

Pediatricians warn against chemical additives in food for kids

By Leah Rosenbaum | 6:15pm, July 23, 2018

News | Nutrition

How obesity makes it harder to taste

By Aimee Cunningham | 2:00pm, March 20, 2018

News | Nutrition

The small intestine, not the liver, is the first stop for processing fructose

By Laurel Hamers | 12:15pm, February 09, 2018

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