Development in a Dish: Scientists Grow a Combined Brain and Eye Organoid
Researchers have grown a miniature brain that also develops eye-like structures.
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From Genes to Disease: the release of the UK Biobank
by Layla Siraj
figures by Rebecca Senft
Imagine if you could tell, through some combination of your environment and your genetics, what illnesses you might develop. This could give you the ability to either prevent these illnesses before they even…
What’s in Your Genes: Newly approved genetic testing for disease risks
by Catherine Weiner
figures by Michael Gerhardt
A decade ago, the idea of analyzing your DNA from the comfort of your own home seemed like science fiction. Tests required several weeks, thousands if not millions of dollars, and a lab of highly…
A new medical implant might greatly reduce the risk of chemotherapy treatment
Chemotherapy is a common and dangerous cancer treatment due to the negative effects on everything that is not a tumor cell. Researchers from Columbia University have invented a soft medical implant capable of administering drugs from inside the body. The…
Printing Pills: FDA Approves First 3-D Printed Drug
Modern technology can be used to improve the pill manufacturing process [mattza under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license]Additive manufacturing – colloquially known as 3-D printing – can generate complex objects like firearms and human organs, but its latest…