Human Impact
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Integrated health service delivery through medical mobile units helped to reduce deaths among individuals at risk for HIV who also inject drugs.
NIH-funded clinical trial shows mobile units may help overcome significant barriers to accessing HIV and addiction treatment, but replication is neede...
National Institutes of HealthA drug-free diabetes treatment? An implant lowers blood sugar in mice.
The wireless implant rids mice's bodies of excess sugar on demand, and helps them shed weight. It could one day help treat diabetes and obesity.
Science NewsHe Donated His Ultra-rare Blood 545 Times While Visiting Every Blood Bank in Australia.
Pictured here enjoying jokes and a juice box, Trevor Bergman has now successfully donated his ultra-rare blood at all 85 Australian donation centers. ...
ABC NewsMIT engineers design a safer, more efficient vaccination system for farmed fish.
Water-resistant microneedles made from food-grade silk could deliver vaccines to help prevent the spread of disease in aquaculture.
MIT NewsAdult brain cells reveal a surprising ability to repair damaged tissue.
Adult astrocytes stretched, divided, and moved new nuclei into damaged brain regions during a temporary repair state.
Nature NeuroscienceBirdwatching Rewires the Brain and Slows Cognitive Decline.
A famous poet once wrote that hope is a thing with feathers. Well, new research may suggest that healthy aging is too. Specifically, the research exam...
BBC FutureA proof-of-concept test can spot bladder cancer in urine.
Using a proof-of-concept test to analyze fragments of RNA in urine, researchers can detect cases of bladder cancer.
Science NewsMIT engineers create nanoparticles for delivering personalized cancer vaccines.
The particles carry a customized dose of cancer antigens that can provoke a strong immune response against tumors.
MIT NewsNature-Inspired Tech Prevents Microplastics Entering Atlantic Ocean Through Wastewater.
Princeton alumni have designed what’s called a first-in-the-world device to filter microplastics out of wastewater at scale, and it’s already been dep...
WHYYHow brain implants turn thoughts into speech.
New brain-computer interfaces turn attempted speech into words and can speak them in a voice resembling the user’s own.
Science NewsImplantable device uses ultrasound to improve drug delivery to the brain.
This targeted approach could offer a way to prevent the recurrence of aggressive brain tumors.
MIT NewsAncient proteins offer new clues to what Denisovans looked like.
Ancient proteins link two Xujiayao fossil fragments to Denisovans, revealing more about their skull anatomy and supporting a broader East Asian presen...
NatureAn extra year of secondary school lowered dementia diagnoses later in life.
NIH-funded study showed the effect was profound, especially among those at elevated genetic risk.
National Institutes of HealthThe farmer growing a future under Ghana’s trees.
Cocoa farmer Susana Afrifa Ankrah is helping show how protecting forests can sustain livelihoods and build resilience to a changing climate.
Positive NewsNew molecular camera could revolutionize bladder cancer screening.
MIT researchers created a nanosensor catheter that detects bladder cancer biomarkers far earlier than current tests.
Nature PortfolioWildlife Biologists Start Vaccinating Shy Albatrosses by Hand, Taking Aim at the Spread of Avian Flu in Tasmania.
If all goes to plan, officials hope to vaccinate up to 100 of the large seabirds on Albatross Island, giving each two doses of the vaccine.
ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Neuroprosthesis for paralysis enables simultaneous speech and body language.
Device translates brain activity underlying full-body communication into digital expression.
National Institutes of HealthPrince William launches kit to help communities prepare for emergencies.
The free, how-to resource shows people how to build resilience in their communities.
Positive NewsB-Vitamin Supplement Can Treat Psoriasis, a Skin Condition with No Cure.
New research suggests a common skin disease with no cure could be treated with nutritional supplements. The B vitamin derivative showed “encouraging” ...
EurekAlert! (Journal of Experimental Medicine news release)A precision T-cell therapy stalls treatment-resistant cancers in clinical trial.
Experimental drug invika halts progression of refractory tumors by selectively stimulating tumor-fighting T cells.
National Institutes of HealthWhy teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable.
A model developed by researchers at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital adjusts scans on the fly to track fetal movement, potentially sparing families ...
MIT NewsCoral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford Method: ‘Not a Lost Cause, at All’.
Coral bleaching has been reversed at record speed using a new method developed at Stanford University. Corals that were ghostly white returned to full...
Stanford Doerr School of SustainabilityDrape Some of This ‘Plant Armor’ Fabric Over a Strawberry Patch to Triple Yields with Less Pesticides.
A new textile used to cover strawberry plants more than tripled fruit yields in field tests, without negatively impacting plant health. Importantly, t...
NC State University NewsAI model decodes the language cells use to communicate.
A new computational approach reveals how cells communicate to assemble into tissues. This could accelerate stem cell engineering, improve disease mode...
MIT NewsBrain implants are helping people who’ve lost their voice.
The technology could get those with ALS, Parkinson’s disease and brain injuries “talking” again.
Science NewsReprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders.
A new approach can program these cells inside the body and shows promise against diseases caused by dysfunctional T cells, including lymphoma and auto...
MIT NewsCell-activated wound dressing releases healing proteins in preclinical tests.
Cell movement activates a new biomaterial that speeds wound repair while using far lower doses of healing proteins.
Nature MaterialsMIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors.
Wristband device from Encora Therapeutics started as a project in 2.009, MIT’s iconic product-design class.
MIT NewsWatch Five Adorable Newborn Cheetah Cubs Grow on a Livestream From the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute.
The healthy and active babies are being cared for by first-time mother Zura, and the public can keep up with their antics through an online cheetah cu...
Smithsonian MagazineWorld’s Largest ‘Glacial Archeology’ Expedition Recovers 48 Stone Age Arrowheads and Shafts.
In a mountainous region of southern Norway, scientists are in their 20th year of surveying glaciers for ancient artifacts entombed therein. The most r...
Secrets of the Ice (Glacier Archaeology Programme, Innlandet County Municipality)New AI can reconstruct what you’re looking at by reading brain activity.
A Weizmann AI model recovers visual content and layout from brain scans, with improved results using limited data from new participants.
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