#medical research
# space
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# science
Of all the things you could get transplanted, your head should not make the list. The risks are far too great and better methods are on the horizon.
# sex
We could have better, safer, more effective condoms. Unfortunately, the FDA has wrapped the process of getting new designs approved in red tape.
# sex
A study from South Korea claims that castration can add years of male life expectancy. But on further analysis, there may be some issues with how it arrived at this conclusion.
# tech
A new experiment is trying to marry the best of health monitoring technology and organs grown from stem cells.
# tech
One of the best things you might ever do for your health is let your doctor track it with every possible device.
# tech
The artificial hearts of tomorrow might replace the familiar beat of the heart with a steady hum. And millions might live longer thanks to that innovation.
# tech
A philosopher turns transhumanism into a parade of horrors on loan from dystopian sci-fi movies.
# science
Stem cells can become any kind of tissue you might need. Hypothetically. In practice, your body might just attack them as foreign invaders.
# tech
A new experiment shows that we can give paralyzed patients the ability to move their wheelchairs with their thoughts alone.
# tech
Armies of smart microscopic robots roaming your bloodstream are still science fiction. But simpler beneficial nanoparticles may be coming sooner than later.
# science
According to biology pioneer J. Craig Venter, the first step to personalized medicine and new tools to fight cancer are faster computers.
# health
The first nanoweapons in the war on cancer are finally here and they're showing a lot of promise.
# health
Still not grasping the impact of anti-vaccination activists, the media is treating them as bold, outspoken advocates for a different view, not the public health menaces they are.
# science
Thankfully for us, the future Repo Men imagines is very unlikely to happen, which makes it difficult to take its parable seriously.
