Neuroscientist David Linden sheds light on the biology behind phenomena that medicine has long struggled to explain, from voodoo death and broken heart syndrome to the placebo effect, and why grief shows up in autopsy results

By treating the human body as an information system, scientists are using AI to simulate cells, visualize hidden biology, and detect disease at its earliest — and most preventable — stages.

"By keeping people biologically younger, we can enjoy a longer health span, a longer period of healthy life where we're active, where we're happy, where we can engage in our hobbies, and play with our grandkids and great grandkids."

“How can all the diversity and, sort of, seeming order that's out there in the world emerge from a process dependent upon chance?”

MIT Sloan’s Nelson P. Repenning and Donald C. Kieffer outline their tried-and-tested solution for stubborn workflow blockages.

“Invention matters, but implementation matters more.”

By inviting players to tackle real scientific problems, games can offer a hand in solving medicine’s toughest challenges.

For a substantial part of human history, people thought smoking tobacco was perfectly healthy. Native American tribes, who introduced the tobacco plant to Europeans and — by extension, the rest […]

Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display.

“Having more stem cell activity is good for regeneration, but too much of a good thing over time can have less favorable consequences.”

There is one obstacle that reliably blocks innovative ideas: how we fund science.

Cancers can’t develop without genetic mutations — or can they?

A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.

Vaccines targeting some of our deadliest cancers are showing promise in early trials.

They call it “Judo T-cell therapy,” and it’s 100 times more potent than regular CAR-T cells.

What if AI could tell us we have cancer before we show a single symptom? Steve Quake, head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, explains how AI can revolutionize science.

The evidence that pollution causes cancer is weak. Lifestyle factors, like smoking, obesity, and alcohol, matter far more.

The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.

It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.

A new study provides the first proof-of-principle that genetic material transferred from one species to another can increase both longevity and healthspan in the recipient animal.

Cancer cells hoard iron in unusually high quantities. Scientists have discovered how to leverage this to create safer cancer drugs.

Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use positrons — the antimatter equivalent of an electron — to locate cancer in the body.

It could lead to earlier diagnoses, better treatment, and fewer deaths from pancreatic cancer, which kills 88% of patients within five years.

As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.

"The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials."

Cancer likes glucose. So take it away.

Rapamycin is potentially the most powerful anti-aging drug ever discovered. However, due to its unlucky history, few know of it.

Early, non-aggressive tumors should be called "nodules."

Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.

A deadly myth has been manufactured from poor methods and wishful thinking.