After a stroke, there is an increased risk of suffering a second one. If areas in the left hemisphere were…
Concrete solutions that lower both emissions and air pollution
Some common strategies to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of concrete production could have unintended consequences for local air pollution…
Anxious about COVID-19? Stress can have lasting impacts on sperm and future offspring
Prolonged fear and anxiety brought on by major stressors, like the coronavirus pandemic, can not only take a toll on…
Coronavirus Makes Daily Life Confounding. Here Are Some Answers.
Welcome to Dilemmas, where we find solutions to your toughest quandaries.
The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to severe shortages of many essential goods and services, from hand sanitizers and N-95 masks…
Stem cells and nerves interact in tissue regeneration and cancer progression
Researchers show that different stem cell populations are innervated in distinct ways. Innervation may therefore be crucial for proper tissue…
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
Covid-19 is officially a pandemic. It is a novel infection with serious clinical manifestations, including death, and it has reached…
Thalidomide Use Did Happen Here, These Americans Say
They believe they were harmed in the thalidomide crisis of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Story of Thalidomide in the U.S., Told Through Documents
A trove of archival records shows how in the early 1960s the Food and Drug Administration investigated the use of…
Immunotherapy using ‘young cells’ offers promising option against cancer
A new study suggests that the age of certain immune cells used in immunotherapy plays a role in how effective…