Horseshoe crab blood is vital for testing intravenous drugs, but new synthetic alternatives could mean pharma won't bleed this unique species dry

Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the Atlantic coast. Can regulators balance the needs of humans and nature?

Jolie Crunelle, Master's Degree Student in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 • ~10 min

Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving women and patients of color behind and harming the future of medicine - Podcast

Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.

Nehal El-Hadi, Science + Technology Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Feb. 9, 2023 • ~8 min

Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving women and patients of color behind and harming the future of medicine

Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.

Nehal El-Hadi, Science + Technology Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Feb. 9, 2023 • ~8 min

What is ethical animal research? A scientist and veterinarian explain

Guidelines and regulations weigh the medical and health benefits of animal research with researchers’ ability to ensure humane care of their subjects from start to finish.

Rachelle Stammen, Clinical Veterinarian, Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University • conversation
Nov. 23, 2022 • ~12 min

Fake research can be harmful to your health – a new study offers a tool for rooting it out

A new screening tool to help study reviewers identify what’s fake or shoddy in research may be on the horizon. And everyday people can apply some of the same critical analysis tools.

Lisa Bero, Research Professor Public Health and Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Aug. 18, 2022 • ~8 min

‘Robot scientist’ Eve finds that less than one third of scientific results are reproducible

Researchers have used a combination of automated text analysis and the ‘robot scientist’ Eve to semi-automate the process of reproducing research results. The

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 6, 2022 • ~5 min

Figuring out omicron – here's what scientists are doing right now to understand the new coronavirus variant

Careful lab work will complement public health data as researchers worldwide focus on omicron, asking questions about contagiousness, severity of disease and whether vaccines hold up against it.

Peter Kasson, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia • conversation
Dec. 9, 2021 • ~9 min

Long COVID: with one in three patients back in hospital after three months, where are the treatments?

How investigation into long COVID will help us create treatments.

Mark Toshner, Lecturer in Translational Respiratory Medicine, University of Cambridge • conversation
July 20, 2021 • ~6 min

What is a clinical trial? A health policy expert explains

The only way to know if a medical treatment actually works is with a randomized-controlled trial.

Zoe McLaren, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
May 13, 2020 • ~6 min

Creepy research: VR spiders, squirrel fangs, and scary memories

From virtual spiders to a scary fanged squirrel, here are three creepy research stories from 2019 to celebrate Halloween.

UT Austin • futurity
Oct. 29, 2019 • ~4 min

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