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Identifying Children by Thumbprints Could Save Their Lives in the Future
Thousands of children are born each year without documentation – but now it's been proven that a child's thumbprint can track their medical data forever.
Breakthrough Study: Knowingly Taking Placebo Pills Eases Pain
According to this groundbreaking research, patients who knowingly took placebo pills for back pain showed more positive results than those who didn't.
Scientists Speed Up Muscle Repair, Which Could Fight Muscular Dystrophy
Athletes, the elderly, and those with degenerative muscle disease would all benefit from accelerated muscle repair. Normally, when skeletal muscles, those connected to the...
Region of the Americas Finally Declared Measles-Free
Thanks to mass vaccination efforts in South and North America, measles has been eliminated from the region for good.
Insulin Pills, Artificial Pancreas Offer Hope of Easier Diabetes Treatments
Insulin pills and an artificial pancreas are two new tools being tested for preventing and treating diabetes. Each could free patients from daily blood...
Watch Radical New 3-D Printer Create Mini Eiffel Tower From A Gooey Pool
Watching a 3-D printer crank out its product, layer upon layer, can be like watching paint dry.
But a radical new process promises 3-D printing...
New Device to Cut Down Drug Testing in Animals: Heart-on-a-chip
A new device that simulates the human heart will spare some animals from medical drug testing.
The new heart-on-a-chip developed by researchers at UC Berkeley,...
Mounting Research Shows Deadly Peanut Allergies Are Preventable — And Even Reversible
Children who once risked death every time their body came in contact with a tiny speck of peanut butter are now eating 8-12 peanuts...
15th Person to Get Bionic Eye Implant Sees Wife Again After 10 Years
Thanks to a medical breakthrough from the Mayo Clinic, a 68-year-old Minnesota man got to feel love at first sight again when he saw...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
Mark Zuckerberg Helps Extend Human Life by Co-Sponsoring $33M Prize
Tech world celebrities including Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sergey Brin have donated part of their fortunes to help extend human life through...
Growing Food in the Desert: The Solution to the World’s Food Crisis is Here
Agriculture uses 60-80% of the planet's scarce fresh water, but what would happen if food production used no water at all? That is what...
Billionaire Driver Asks Directions, Donates $20,000 for Woman’s Kidney Fund
Santa Barbara resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the neighborhood handing out flyers and raising funds when a driver stopped to ask for directions.
She never...
Top Ten Innovations You’ve Never Heard Of
Here are the Top Ten Innovations from 2009 that will lead us, with chin up, into the next decade. From new technologies that strip...
Parents Strive to Save Others After Baby Gets Donor Match (Can You Help?)
After finding a bone marrow donor in New Hampshire that saved their baby Giovanni, the parents continue to boost donor numbers to save...
Top Ten Innovations From 2008
Any list of the top achievements in science and energy is a list that glows with promise and hope. During the year 2008 we...
Scientists see Alzheimer Efforts as ‘Extremely’ Encouraging
"Scientists are making strides in the fight against Alzheimer's, improving their understanding of the devastating brain disease and searching for new drug treatments, including...
Cancer Vaccine Triggers Fierce Immune Response to Fight Malignant Brain Tumors in Human Patients
In a first-ever human clinical trial, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida successfully reprogrammed patients’ immune systems to fiercely attack...
Vitamin D Improves Immunity to Cancer And Reduces Tumor Growth in Mice, Study Finds
Researchers have found that vitamin D improves immunity to cancer by encouraging the growth of a type of gut bacteria in lab mice.
Given a...
Teen with Incredibly Rare Genetic Condition is Cured in World First By British Doctors
A teen diagnosed with an incredibly rare genetic condition has become the first person in the world to be cured, thanks to a team...