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With advancements in understanding the sciences and the instruments with which we study it, our collective knowledge of what happens inside ourselves is a work in constant progress that involves the most skilled medical practitioners and researchers. They must remain vigilant for any new details in understanding how our bodies work, as well as how our environment interacts with it. Here, Modern Sciences explores the latest developments in the fields of genetics, human biology, epidemiology, and much more.
Expanding Alzheimer’s research with primates could overcome the problem with treatments that show promise in mice but don’t help humans
Rhesus macaques experience an aging process similar to people’s. Goddard Photography/E+ via Getty Images Agnès Lacreuse, UMass Amherst;…
What Happens to Someone Atop Mt. Everest?
Very few have claimed the rare and truly awe-inspiring feat of reaching the top of the world, and…
How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn’t going away soon
How long do we really need chemicals to last? Sura Nualpradid/EyeEm via Getty Images A. Daniel Jones, Michigan…
Lying down, sitting, leaning over? What science says about the best way to take your medicine
Shutterstock Elise Schubert, University of Sydney; Nial Wheate, University of Sydney, and Tina Hinton, University of Sydney When…
5 drugs that changed the world (and what went wrong)
Shutterstock Philippa Martyr, The University of Western Australia It’s hard to measure the impact of any one drug…
Can We Ever Stop the Aging Process?
Given all the recent advancements in health research and chemistry, do we now have a good shot at…
Did an Organ Just “Un-die?”
An hour after a pig’s heart stopped beating, researchers managed to kick its organs back to life. How…
What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?
People could have caught the virus from wild shrews. Shutterstock Allen Cheng, Monash University A new virus, Langya…
Mixed messages: Is coffee good or bad for us? It might help, but it doesn’t enhance health
The chemical properties of coffee are what produce its waking-up effects. (Shutterstock) Thomas Merritt, Laurentian University Coffee is…
(How) Do You Smell That?
Did you get a whiff of that nearby restaurant’s cuisine as you walked by? In doing so, you…