Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    MapQuest for the mouse spinal cord

    The Allen Institute for Brain Science unveils an online atlas of the mouse spinal cord. The atlas is a tool for researchers studying spinal cord injury, disease and development.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Insightful Light

    Raman spectroscopy may offer doctors, dentists and forensic scientists a better tool for molecular detection.

    By Ashley Yeager
  3. Health & Medicine

    Finding the Golden Genes

    Advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case.

    By Patrick Barry
  4. Health & Medicine

    X-ray vision

    A new imaging technique could give scientists unprecedented views into cells and other objects at the nanoscale.

    By Patrick Barry
  5. Health & Medicine

    Against the grains

    People on either a low-carbohydrate or Mediterranean diet fared better over two years than those on a low-fat diet.

    By Nathan Seppa
  6. Life

    HIV after DARC

    A gene variant prevalent in people of African descent increases the risk of HIV infection but also helps slow disease progression.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Health & Medicine

    Asthma oddity

    Helicobacter pylori, a common microbe that colonizes the stomach, might protect against asthma.

    By Nathan Seppa
  8. Health & Medicine

    The two faces of prion proteins

    Scientists are learning more about the protein behind mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, including how to interfere with the protein’s production in the brains of mice.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  9. Climate

    Another climate ailment

    Global warming may turn out to be more than just a pain in the neck: Rising average temperatures could trigger an increased prevalence of kidney stones.

    By Sid Perkins
  10. Health & Medicine

    One Downside to Sushi

    Uncooked fish can host detectable concentrations of potentially toxic chemicals — pollutants that cooking can make disappear,

    By Janet Raloff
  11. Health & Medicine

    Repairing muscle from the cell up

    Skeletal muscle stem cells can fix weakling muscles in mice and could eventually lead to treatments for muscular dystrophy.

    By Tia Ghose
  12. Health & Medicine

    Location matters

    Scientists find the role of dopamine varies from one end of a brain region to another.

    By Amy Maxmen