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How do people uniquely respond to different diets? 500 Americans will be living at scientific facilities for six weeks to find out

Andrea Petersen | Wall Street Journal | 
Kevin Elizabeth, a 28-year-old tech worker, is one of 500 Americans who will be living at scientific facilities around the ...
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A blood test test can detect cancers well before symptoms show up. Don’t expect private insurers or the government to cover costs anytime soon

Allysia Finley | Wall Street Journal | 
Many companies are developing blood tests that can detect cancer signals before symptoms occur, and Grail’s is the most advanced ...
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Unraveling the mystery of why cancer is soaring among people under 50

Brianna Abbott | Wall Street Journal | 
Researchers are trying to figure out what is making more young adults sick, and how to identify those at high ...
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After demoting a scientist and cutting her pay, University of Pennsylvania makes millions from her mRNA breakthroughs

Gregory Zuckerman | Wall Street Journal | 
School that once demoted Katalin Karikó and cut her pay has made millions of dollars from patenting her work ...
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Over a million frozen embryos are left in limbo. Should they be donated?

Amy Dockser Marcus | Wall Street Journal | 
Higher IVF success rates mean more embryos are being left unused—and more families wrestling with questions about what to do ...
Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis: Scanning the eye with AI tools could help us catch dementia 20 years before symptoms show up

Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis: Scanning the eye with AI tools could help us catch dementia 20 years before symptoms show up

Vipal Monga | Wall Street Journal | 
RetiSpec developed an artificial-intelligence algorithm that it says can analyze results from an eye scanner to detect signs of Alzheimer’s ...
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Drug-free pain management: Retraining the brain with ‘pain reprocessing therapy’ hopes to offer alternative to opioids

Sumathi Reddy | Wall Street Journal | 
“Pain reprocessing therapy,” tries to train the brain not to send false pain signals. Some early results are promising ...
Podcast: Breast milk provides immunity benefits — but isn’t accessible to all parents. Here’s how artificial milk could one day replace standard baby formula

Podcast: Breast milk provides immunity benefits — but isn’t accessible to all parents. Here’s how artificial milk could one day replace standard baby formula

Alex Ossola, Danny Lewis | Wall Street Journal | 
Breast milk imparts a number of long-term health benefits to babies, including a lower risk of asthma, obesity, Type 1 ...
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Making eggs without ovaries: How skin-based egg cells could transform human reproduction

Amy Dockser Marcus | Wall Street Journal | 
Matt Krisiloff, chief executive officer of Conception Biosciences, has dozens of scientists working at a lab in Berkeley, Calif., trying ...
Reshuffling the deck: How agro-chemical suppliers are repositioning weed-killing products

Reshuffling the deck: How agro-chemical suppliers are repositioning weed-killing products

Patrick Thomas | Wall Street Journal | 
There is a new king of soybeans on the American farm—for now.  ...
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Light-therapy beds? Ozone generators? Rich biohackers integrate longevity-boosting gadgets into their homes

Jessica Flint | Wall Street Journal | 
Light-therapy beds. Infrared saunas. Ozone generators. These homeowners have infused health and wellness into their properties, and then some ...
Sustainable fashion’s next frontier: Fabric made from bacteria, waste, and carbon

Sustainable fashion’s next frontier: Fabric made from bacteria, waste, and carbon

Chavie Lieber | Wall Street Journal | 
Scientists are hoping to start a fashion trend: making clothes from materials that reduce environmental harm ...
Fountain of youth? Can our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of aging expedite hunt for longevity treatments

Fountain of youth? Understanding underlying aging mechanisms could expedite hunt for longevity treatments

Dominique Mosbergen | Wall Street Journal | 
How we age: Insights into the underlying mechanisms of aging are revolutionizing the hunt for longevity treatments ...
This Pink Floyd recording was made with the most complex instrument on Earth: The brain

This Pink Floyd recording was made with the most complex instrument on Earth: The brain

Daniela Hernandez | Wall Street Journal | 
This research aims to develop technology that lets patients who have lost the ability to speak communicate more naturally ...
Healthy junk food? Here’s how nutrient-dense plant powders can take the guilt out of guilty pleasures

Healthy junk food? Here’s how nutrient-dense plant powders can take the guilt out of guilty pleasures

Nicole Kagan | Wall Street Journal | 
“The reality is that most families, especially now with the cost of food skyrocketing, can’t afford to eat fresh food ...
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You can’t label it feta: Europe ignites food war with US, demanding that only cheeses produced in their origin region can use ‘historically trademarked’ names

Kristina Peterson | Wall Street Journal | 
The U.S. cheese industry in particular has chafed against the EU regulations, which protect almost 300 cheeses. To be called ...
Will US consumers ever get to taste gene-edited sirloin? It may depend on whether the FDA or USDA wins broiling regulatory turf war

Will US consumers ever get to taste gene-edited sirloin? It may depend on whether the FDA or USDA wins broiling regulatory turf war

Liz Essley Whyte | Wall Street Journal | 
The future of genetically modified bacon, steak and fish is at the center of a Washington food fight ...
Synthetic alcohol: Booze with all the buzz — but without the hangover?

Synthetic alcohol: Booze with all the buzz — but without the hangover?

Julie Wernau | Wall Street Journal | 
What if you could indulge in your favorite cocktails with no hangover or other ill effects? ...
How much would you pay to prolong your life? $100k can get you access to unproven stem cell reatments

How much would you pay to prolong your life? $100k can get you access to unproven treatments

Alex Janin | Wall Street Journal | 
The Longevity Clinic: The clinics cater to a growing number of people obsessed with fighting aging ...
From beer hops to tropical cocktails, we are beginning to see a spectacular explosion of flavors and smells, thanks to genetic modification

From beer hops to tropical cocktails, we are beginning to see a spectacular explosion of flavors and smells, thanks to genetic modification

Anna Kramer | Wall Street Journal | 
Someday the flavors and smells added to most foods and drinks could be created in yeast-brewing tanks rather than extracted from plants ...
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Viewpoint: Battling RFK, Jr.’s misinformation machine — ‘What good is a fact check from news organizations with a record of promoting ideology over truth?’

Allysia Finley | Wall Street Journal | 
Longtime amplifier and propagator of baseless theories, beginning nearly two decades ago with his skepticism: Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...
What makes kin? DNA testing unlocks the remarkable story of a woman with three fathers

What makes kin? DNA testing unlocks remarkable story of a woman with three fathers

DNA tests are uncovering a generation of biological fathers and half-siblings who stretch the bounds of what makes kin ...
Cutting back on alcohol and smoking can be almost impossible. In an unexpected twist, weight-loss drug Ozempic may help

Cutting back on alcohol and smoking can be almost impossible. In an unexpected twist, weight-loss drug Ozempic may help

Animal studies suggest GLP-1 drugs alter behaviors associated with reward and pleasure ...
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The EU Parliament pushed forward draft legislation positioned to be the West’s first set of comprehensive AI regulations

Kim Mackrael | Wall Street Journal | 
Advances in artificial intelligence this year have rocked the tech industry, triggering calls from politicians, consumer groups and AI executives themselves for ...
Will AI-optimized solar farms finally open door to more ‘clean’ energy — or are companies just angling for the next government green subsidy?

Will AI-optimized solar farms finally open door to more ‘clean’ energy — or are companies just angling for the next government green subsidy?

With the rise of ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence chatbots, AI is everywhere, from your doctors office to your brokerage account. It’s also poised ...
Ticks and mosquitos are bringing escalated threats of Lyme disease, West Nile virus and other vectored illnesses to new places across the US

Ticks and mosquitos are bringing Lyme disease, West Nile virus and other vectored illnesses to new places across the US

Lyme disease and West Nile virus are among the ailments that ticks and mosquitoes are spreading in more of the ...
AI is being used to train computers to scan scan eye and facial movements to recognize subtle strokes

AI-trained computers can scan eye and facial movements to recognize subtle signs of stroke

Eric Niiler | Wall Street Journal | 
Early research efforts point to a future in which facial scans, perhaps embedded in a smartphone camera or even a ...
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