Brain Scans Predict Treatment Outcome in Depression Patients
A biomarker could cut the trial-and-error of finding a patient's best therapy.
Biomedicine
A Global Alliance for Sharing Genomic Data
A common framework for analyzing and sharing genomic information could speed medical progress.
Are Your Grades Written in Your Genes?
A large genetic study finds gene variants with a subtle effect on scholastic achievement.
Human Embryonic Stem Cells Cloned
Scientists produced embryonic stem cells from the DNA of one person combined with a human donor egg.
Game Theory and the Treatment of Cancer
Thinking about cancer as an ecosystem is giving biologists access to a new armoury of mathematical tools for tackling it, such as evolutionary game theory
The Algorithm That Automatically Detects Polyps in Images from Camera Pills
Analyzing the footage from camera pills is a time-consuming task for medical professionals. Now computer scientists are attempting to automate the process.
Bacteria-killing Viruses Could Make Medical Implants Safer
Researchers attach "viral hitmen" to surfaces to demonstrate a possible antibacterial defense for catheters and other medical devices.
How to Make a Cognitive Neuroprosthetic
Enhancing the flow of information through the brain could be crucial to making neuroprosthetics practical.
First Quantum-Enhanced Images of a Living Cell
Biologists have used "squeezed light" to create the first images of a living cell that beat the diffraction limit
Yet Another Alzheimer’s Treatment Fails in Large Trial
A mixed-antibody treatment does not protect patients from cognitive decline.
