A genetic technology known as a gene drive could help prevent malaria by spreading genes in wild mosquitoes that stop them transmitting the parasite. Tests in a lab in Tanzania have now confirmed that ...

Scientists working to enhance brain-computer interface (BCI) technology—which allows people to control devices with their thoughts—have found they can improve the performance of electrodes implanted ...

A 3-year-old boy from California is faring well, nine months after becoming the first person to receive a new gene therapy for a rare, life-shortening genetic disorder called Hunter syndrome. Oliver ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed a new genetic risk score that predicts who is most likely to experience irregular or dangerous heart rhythms. The test merges several types of ...

Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise. Owen Collumb, a Cybathlon race pilot who has been ...

Several lots of a generic ADHD medication used by millions are under recall because users may not be getting the full benefit. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries issued the voluntary, nationwide recall for ...

Barcelona-based INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, which offers a graphene-based brain-computer interface (BCI) therapeutics platform, announced a strategic partnership with tech giant Microsoft to advance the ...

After dreaming of starting a family her whole life, Victoria Glass was delighted when she learned that she’s expecting. Like many pregnant women, she underwent a genetic test to learn more about her ...

Before government shutdowns end, political blame games begin. And as politicians from both parties try to blame each other, party operatives and pundits scour the poll data to see who wins the game.

When it came time to start a family, Sarah Elizabeth Orlando, 33, knew she would go about it differently. Before she was born, an in-utero amniocentesis had confirmed she carried the gene for fragile ...