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Algae and Light Help Injured Mice Walk Again - 2 weeks ago

Take a brain. Insert an algae gene. Flip a switch and watch a paralyzed mouse (or human) move and...
Engineered Rabbit Penises Raise Human Hopes - 3 weeks ago

Scientists have grown fully functional replacement rabbit penises in the lab using a technique that...
Gene Therapy Halts Fatal Brain Disease - 4 weeks ago

Doctors successfully use gene therapy to treat two boys with a fatal brain disease.
Surgery Museum Makes You Grateful for Modern Healthcare - 1 month ago

Old hemorrhoid tools, trepanation devices and bone saws. Your comfy, reclining dentist's chair...
Shattering Myths About Squalene in Vaccines - 1 month ago

Fears about the adjuvant squalene and myths about its link to Gulf War Syndrome have kept some from...

Wired Stem Cells

With Bush Ban Gone, Stem Cell Research Will Proliferate - 8 months ago

Barack Obama reversed a Bush-era ban on embryonic-stem-cell research Monday morning — and stem cell...
Human Clones May Be Genetically Viable - 10 months ago

Cloned human embryos, using eggs from in vitro fertilization, appear to develop normally and could...
FDA OKs First Human Trials of Embryonic Stem Cells - 10 months ago

The day after Barack Obama's inauguration, the Food and Drug Administration approves the first...
Cancer Stem Cells Might Not Be Supervillains After All - 1 year ago

The theory that a few cancer stem cells are responsible for tumor growth may not be as solid as...

Wired Drugs

DIY Botox: Site Offers Injectable Drug Without Prescription (With How-To Video) - 1 month ago

Give yourself a Botox treatment? Wired.com looks into a site that seems to offer clients the drugs...
DIY Laser Market Exploding, Cosmetic Surgeons Vexed - 1 month ago

The market for at-home laser hair removers and other cosmetic devices is growing by leaps and bounds...
Tamiflu in Rivers Could Breed Drug-Resistant Flu - 2 months ago

Tamiflu has been found in Chinese rivers downstream of sewage treatment plants. That could lead to...
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. - 2 months ago

Merck was in trouble. In 2002, the pharmaceutical giant was falling behind its rivals in sales. Even...
Contact High: Lenses That Deliver Drugs - 4 months ago

A contact lens that can deliver drugs to the eye steadily for a month could make eye drops...
Obama Clashes With Farm Industry Over Antibiotics - 4 months ago

The Obama administration is acting on years of warnings that the farm industry's use of antibiotics...
Cancer Drug Delays Aging in Mice - 4 months ago

A drug approved for treating cancer also can extend the life of elderly mice. Though the drug is not...
As Flu Spreads, Generic Drugmakers Wait for Call - 6 months ago

The World Health Organization says the swine flu is still heading toward pandemic status, but WHO...
The Messy Future of Memory-Editing Drugs - 7 months ago

Wired.com interviews neuroethicist Anders Sandberg on the possible benefits and pitfalls of drugs...
Anti-Smoking Drug Succeeds When Antidepressants Fail - 7 months ago

A drug commonly used to help smokers quit may also help fight depression. Chantix works on the brain...

Wired Health

Algae and Light Help Injured Mice Walk Again - 2 weeks ago

Take a brain. Insert an algae gene. Flip a switch and watch a paralyzed mouse (or human) move and...
Engineered Rabbit Penises Raise Human Hopes - 3 weeks ago

Scientists have grown fully functional replacement rabbit penises in the lab using a technique that...
Surgery Museum Makes You Grateful for Modern Healthcare - 1 month ago

Old hemorrhoid tools, trepanation devices and bone saws. Your comfy, reclining dentist's chair...

Wired Genetics

Gene Therapy Halts Fatal Brain Disease - 4 weeks ago

Doctors successfully use gene therapy to treat two boys with a fatal brain disease.
Gene Therapy Cures Color Blindness in Monkeys - 2 months ago

Gene therapy has given monkeys the ability to distinguish green and red. The stunning success is...
Circuit-Tweaking Reverse Engineers a Gene Network - 3 months ago

By knocking out genes one by one, scientists have revealed the genetic network that cells use to...
Genome Engineering Goes High Speed - 4 months ago

A new technique for writing genomes could drastically speed up production of industrial chemicals...
Origin of Species: How a <em>T. Rex</em> Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown - 4 months ago

Sixty-eight million years ago, on a soggy marsh in what is now a desolate stretch of eastern...
Disease Hunters Add Swine Flu Genome to Arsenal - 6 months ago

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the swine flu that's probably infected 100,000 Americans....
Gamers Unravel the Secret Life of Protein - 6 months ago

As soon as Zoran Popović saw the hair, he knew he was looking at David Baker. It was unmistakable:...
Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of All Life - 8 months ago

Sure, the world is complicated, but not as complicated as you might think. It turns out that most...
Science as Search: Sergey Brin to Fund Parkinson Study - 8 months ago

Google founder Sergey Brin brings his search strategy to Parkinson's disease, funding a database of...
Dueling Q&A: Debating Designer Babies - 8 months ago

Experts weigh in on the pros and cons of selecting embryos for cosmetic traits prior to implantation...

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