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Scientists Develop a Blood Test That Predicts Risk of Death

By Roni Dengler | August 20, 2019 (Credit: Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock) If youve ever wondered how likely you are to die in the next five to 10 years, scientists may now have an answer for you. Researchers identified 14 molecules in blood that are associated with dying from any cause. They say a score based on the mol...

This Tiny Robot Snake is Made to Slither Through Your Brain

By Jennifer Walter | August 28, 2019 5:15 pm The robot snake in a model of human veins. (Credit: Kim et al., Sci. Robot. 4, eaax7329 (2019)) You probably didnt picture the robots of the future to be slimy, magnetized snakes. But a hyper-flexible robot modeled after the legless reptiles and designed by researchers at MI...

First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed

Alison Abbott | September 05, 2019 In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the bodys epigenetic clock, which tracks a persons biological age. A persons biological age, measured by the epigenetic clock, can lag behind or exceed their chronological age Credit: Patrick McDermott/Getty A small clinical study in Califo...

New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls

Matthew Herper | September 11, 2019 The FDA first approved the HPV vaccine, Mercks Gardasil, in 2006. CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP Earlier this year, the biotech community mourned the loss of Michael Becker , a former pharmaceutical industry executive who turned his cancer into a teaching moment. In 2018, we watched on his ...

One Protein Makes Ebola Deadly. Scientists Can Turn It Off.

Anna Groves | September 18, 2019 A sign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo warns people that Ebola is in the area. (Credit: Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock) The Ebola virus continues to ravage populations across Africa. But earlier this week, researchers reported that theyve figured out what makes Ebola just so vir...