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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.
Scientists Used Heart Cells to Make a Biohybrid “Fish”—And It Swims Using “Heartbeats”
First off, no, scientists did not slap fins onto a human heart and made it backstroke across a…
Caffeine Can Help Reduce Your Bad Cholesterol—And Scientists Just Found Out How
While we wouldn’t necessarily recommend going on a coffee-exclusive diet as the next health trend, there really does…
Pain Medication Receives New Insights Thanks to Spider Venom
No, please don’t look away—I swear I’m not here to scare you off. This may sound strange at…
How Are You Reading This Title, Anyway?
Dr. Joe Hanson is back with Be Smart, which asks us a question that, admittedly, originally sounds like…
A Robot Just Performed an Autonomous Laparoscopic Procedure For the First Time
With every major step or leap that the best of our engineers can impart unto us through everyday…
Hydrogels May Be Our Next Best Bet Against Obesity (With a Little Help From Light)
According to the World Health Organization, some 1.9 billion adults aged 18 and above were classified as overweight…
An Enzyme Can Apparently Help the Body’s T Cells Fight Autoimmune Diseases
Ask most people for a list of the names of body organs that they know, and chances are…
Your Eyes May Reveal If You’re at Risk of Early Death
If you’ve ever heard people say that “your eyes are the windows to your soul” and brushed them…
Feeling a Bit Itchy? Here’s a Couple of Reasons Why
Ever get that need to just scratch a patch of your body, and felt that you’re itching to…
Novel mRNA Vaccine Capsule Enables Oral Delivery
Vaccines are at the top of discussions nowadays, and for a pretty good reason: our current health landscape…