Medical Sciences advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, but they also help us prevent disease in the first place. Too numerous to name, the medical sciences continuously make miraculous breakthroughs that extend lifetimes and expand our ability to experience life.
Concussion Research
This Breathalyzer Reveals Signs Of Disease
One exhale and new device could screen for everything from diabetes to lung cancer
New Software Matches More Kidney Donations, Faster
Game theory and market dynamics inspire new software that streamlines complicated matches
Bend It Like NIST
An Insulin That Can Take The Heat
Chalk Talk: DNA
DNA is the Swiss army knife of biological molecules, acting as both a blueprint and a building block. Learn more here.
Science Behind The News: Influenza & Flu Vaccines
Seeing Beyond The Visual Cortex
Research could lead to new rehabilitative therapies when visual cortex is damaged
Science Behind The News: Allergies
Heart Valve Disease Research
Researcher Kristyn Masters and her team study heart valve disease and gender differences in the disease. By making models of the disease, they hope to test potential treatments.
Tiny Device Swims Through The Bloodstream
Microrobots Improve Cancer Detection And Advance Toward Microsurgery
Touch Photography: Capturing The Feel Of Surfaces
Preparing Surgeons For The Operating Room
Vision Reconstruction
Lasers In Chemistry Research
How The Brain Prepares For Movement
Electronic Tattoo Monitors Brain, Heart And Muscles
Virus Evolution
Michigan State researchers show how new viruses evolve, and in some cases, become deadly