Getting light deep inside the body has always come with a catch. Tissue scatters and absorbs it, which means doctors and researchers often have to cut into the body or thread in optical fibers to ...

Sometimes, the less we know the better. But if you can handle learning some disturbing facts about the human body, we've got ...

Our bodies are constantly breaking down. Over time, their built-in repair mechanisms also fail. Knee cartilage grinds away. Hip joints no longer support weight. Treatments for breast cancer and other ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Aug 29, 2024 at 2:00 ...

Light has an increasing number of applications in biology and medicine—it can be used to stimulate cell growth, manipulate neural signals, and treat some cancers—but it doesn't easily pass through ...

Implantable “living pharmacy” devices fail to sustain therapeutic output because densely packed engineered cells become oxygen-starved, leading to cell death and inconsistent drug delivery. This ...

T he severe swelling of hereditary angioedema (HAE) can be uncomfortable and inconvenient at best, life-threatening at worst. What’s more, symptoms are unpredictable, vary in severity, and crop up out ...

Claudia Picado is a Features Writer who has been covering film and television at Collider for nearly three years. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, but developed a love for cinema ...