Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of...
Your immune system keeps a record of everything it’s ever fought, from the common cold to chronic disease. Neuroscientist and TED Fellow Beck Brachman explains how,...
Histotripsy is a procedure that uses focused ultrasound waves to destroy tumors without the need for needles or incisions. We got a demo from Dr. Burns,...
Isomorphic Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., is trying to use artificial intelligence to understand biology and transform the way new medicines are discovered and developed....
Google DeepMind Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis is positioning Google to win the artificial general intelligence, or AGI, race. He is also on a...
Andy Laats had the textbook fairytale family setup … a great job, a happy marriage, three wonderful kids and everything going for them. Until one day,...
The secret behind medicine that uses messenger RNA (or mRNA) is that it “teaches” our bodies how to fight diseases on our own, leading to groundbreaking treatments...
It can be hard to remain hopeful during seemingly hopeless times. Sharing hard-won wisdom on how to not give up when the going gets tough, writer...
When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond...
Your skin is your body’s largest organ … but it might be the most misunderstood, says Dr. Jen Gunter. From sunscreen to cancer and even chocolate,...