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Pour some sugar (science) on meeeee “About 50 years ago, the sugar industry stopped funding research that began to show something they wanted to... (2017)
New York Times, 2017: "Drinking alcohol, even modest amounts, increases the risk of breast cancer and other cancers. (2017)
BBC, 2017: "Vitamin B6 and B12 Supplements Appear to Cause Cancer in Men. A newly discovered risk associated with common energy and metabolism pill... (2017)
Contrary to popular belief, the human genome was never completely sequenced. Some scientists say those gaps may play a role in diseases such as can... (2017)
A new study elucidating the mechanisms by which blood glucose fuels tumors is not the kind of science on which to build a diet. (2017)
Cancer cells use tiny tubes to reach out to nearby immune cells and capture their energy-generating mitochondria (2021)
The first generation HPV vaccine cut cervical cancer rates among women by 87%, British researchers reported. (2021)
Has Illumina found the holy GRAIL? | Business (2021)
Adjusted for both population growth and aging, mortality from cancer is falling globally. (2021)
Chemotherapy and radiation can cause too much collateral damage to treat some brain tumors. Crumb-sized robots could be the solution. (2021)
The future of cancer treatment might involve personalized vaccines meant to manage or even prevent relapses—at least if new research published Thur... (2021)
In their long-running effort to defeat cancer, medical researchers have made a startling discovery: A lot of the time, they have no idea how their ... (2020)
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understandi... (2020)
If cells were personified, fat cells would be an overbearing grandparent who hoards. (2020)
SPF 30 sunscreen offers nearly the same amount of protection as SPF 100+. (2020)
Google‘s AI team has just developed a new system to scan X-rays to help radiologists in detecting breast cancer. The model was developed in partner... (2020)
So far, a procedure that turbocharges the immune system to attack tumors seems safe, but it’s too soon to tell whether it helps patients. (2019)
The story behind ArsenalBio begins with Sean Parker’s Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Founded in 2016, the Institute has been instrumental in p... (2019)
An "extraordinary transformation" is how doctors describe therapies for advanced melanoma. (2019)
Is it possible that we've been wrong about sunscreen all along? “Wouldn’t all those rays also raise rates of skin cancer? Yes, but skin cancer k... (2019)
Growing preclinical evidence shows that short-term fasting (STF) protects from toxicity while enhancing the efficacy of a variety of chemotherapeut... (2019)
But whether that's a health risk remains unclear, according to a new FDA-backed study. (2019)
It seems like everything these days is considered a superfood, so we decided to look into which of these foods are actually research-backed and whi... (2016)
Could inflammation be the root of preventable disease? (2019)
The gene-editing tool has been used in a trial to enhance the blood cells of two patients with cancer, according to NPR. (2019)
One in every three dogs gets cancer, according to the National Canine Cancer Foundation. One Health, a startup that just raised a $5 million seed r... (2019)
The European Union prohibits many food additives and various drugs that are widely used in American foods. (2018)
After a long year fighting underage use of its products, Juul Labs has today struck a deal with Altria Group, the owners of Philip Morris USA and m... (2018)
E-cigarette startup Juul Labs is valued at more than $16 billion. It’s also hooking teens on nicotine and drawing scrutiny from the FDA. Can the co... (2018)
The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from protecting itself from the futur... (2018)
Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: http://adbl.co/2gauxND Check out Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Malad... (2017)
AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol. He explains how sophisticated AI models... (2023)
Explore how synthetic biologists are programming bacteria to fight cancer by manipulating their DNA. --In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidl... (2022)
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. Welcome to the first episode of Bio Eats World, a brand new podcast all about h... (2020)
More than a third of patients with cancer of the esophagus responded to experimental treatment in China with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. Sev... (2018)