Tanya Lewis

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia that set the stage for approved gene therapies. The treatments are not accessible to everyone, though

Eat more plant-based protein instead of meat, top heart health body says, contradicting RFK Jr.

Infections of the BA.3.2 variant of the COVID-causing coronavirus are still at very low levels, but experts are concerned it may be resistant to immunity from vaccines or prior infection

A brain-computer interface allowed two people who had lost the ability to move their limbs to type at speeds of up to 22 words per minute

China just approved its first brain implant for commercial use, a world first

A company that makes surgical simulators released a tool to train clinicians to diagnose a deep form of endometriosis

Alzheimer's blood tests may predict when a person will develop symptoms

How a new AI model could help us better understand noncoding DNA, how doctors kept a man alive without lungs for two days, and what a peculiar flower can teach us about evolution

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model could help solve the problem of predicting how variations in noncoding DNA shape gene expression

A study of dolphins’ epigenetic ages found that animals with more high-quality friendships were biologically younger than their lonely peers