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Building Bodies

Scientific innovation is transforming healthcare—one of the places innovation is most urgently needed. Learn about how we're fighting cancer, augmenting humans, and building the future human.

Alzheimer's drugs targeting amlyoid plaque may be doomed to fail

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In a study of the cause of Alzheimer's, cognitive decline tracked something other than high levels of amyloid plaques

Rose Egelhoff, Journalism

Scientists have restored youth to aging eyes in mice

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New research suggests vision loss may be reversible via induced pluripotent stem cells

Thiago Arzua, Medical College of Wisconsin

Skin cells protect their DNA from bumps and bruises with a jello-like response

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Rachel Stewart, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

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Scientists have revised the recipe for the first gene and the origin of life

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Lauren Gandy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Scientists are trying to diagnose concussions through a simple blood test

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Measuring levels of two key proteins could be the answer to this tricky problem

Sarah Laframboise, University of Ottawa

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A chemotherapy missile made of DNA target-locks on to cancer cells

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Shi En Kim, University of Chicago

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Don't worry, moderate drinking probably isn't shrinking your brain

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David Baranger, University of Pittsburgh

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Robotic skins might enable the next generation of space exploration

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Shi En Kim, University of Chicago

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To stop pancreatic cancer from spreading, cut out the chatter

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Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

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Exosuits can restore mobility in stroke patients and soldiers alike

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And they're customizable for different types of bodies, gaits, and speeds

Joshua Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Neurons and cancer cells are a dangerous duo

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Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

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Bacteria from our guts have the tools to solve blood bank shortages

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Lauren Sara McKee, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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