FACTS: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal kinds of cancer, with people rarely living more than 5 years after being diagnosed. This treatment,…
FACTS: Scientists are reprogramming the body’s epigenetic marks, turning chemical switches on and off, to revert cells to an embryonic state. It has been effective…
FACTS: 8 million tons of plastics find their way into oceanic waterways every year. Using a simple chemical conversion, scientists are converting them into clean…
FACTS: While human-animal embryos have been created before, they were destroyed before they were allowed to develop. Most countries have outright banned the practice entirely.…
FACTS: MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have co-developed a model to predict the likelihood that breast cancer…