On paper, the ketogenic diet sounds great. Every January, fat's in the crosshairs of health columnists, fitness magazines, and desperate Americans. This year, PopSci looks at the macronutrient beyond its most negative associations. What's fat good

As many as half of those suffering from HIV could prevent the mental decline associated with the disease with the help of cannabis, according to a new study.

University of Michigan researchers created a reservoir computing system that reduces training time and improves capacity of similar neural networks.

There are already skin patches that help people quit smoking … could patches that help them lose weight be far behind? Well, thanks to research being conducted at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, the things already exist - for mice,

"CBD, the second major cannabinoid in marijuana after THC, has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, but no psychoactive effects. However, recent research shows that CBD can be an effective treatment for many kinds of pain. Inflammatory

A new NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) spectrometer measures single photons with great precision.

Crispr/Cas9 is a riboprotein complex composed of a short strand of RNA and an efficient DNA-cutting enzyme. Crispr/Cas9 sometimes cuts in the wrong places. And it has no off-switch.

This is the time of year that Big Media seeks to appease its biggest advertisers, Big Pharma, by helping to spread fear and panic about this year's "flu epidemic." They commonly quote sensationalized statistics, suggesting that you will die or

For millions of Americans suffering from debilitating nerve pain, a once-overlooked option has emerged as an alternative to high doses of opioids: implanted medical devices using electricity to counteract pain signals the same way noise-canceling hea

(Reuters Health) - An experimental blood test accurately identifies people who do, or don't, have celiac disease, even if they are following gluten-free diets, researchers say.

Nextbigfuture interviewed Michael West, CEO of the startup AgeX for nearly three hours today.

Dr. Michael West created a series of five videos which are on Youtube – Back to Immortality.

Attacking the core biology of aging.

Engineered human stem cells have been used to enable paraplegic rats to walk independently and regain sensory perception. The implanted rats had some healing in their spinal cords.

HUMANS may soon be able to communicate without speaking a word as a leading tech company develops "brain augmentation".

Bryan Johnson's company, Kernel, aims to improve mental function and treat disorders by creating a brain interface

A team from Rutgers University has devised a ground-breaking new method for detecting tiny cancerous tumors. Using light-emitting nanoparticles the technique can accurately identify and track early-stage tumors months before they grow large enough to

Oisin Biotechnologies is one of five companies that were spun out of SENS life extension project so far.

An explosive new study in the PLOS Biology journal confirms three things that independent health researchers have been saying for years:

USC scientists and engineers develop an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield.

Scientists report a modified CRISPR-Cas9 technique that alters the activity, rather than the underlying sequence, of disease-associated genes. The researchers demonstrate that this technique can be used in mice to treat several different diseases.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Scientists have created the world's first soft artificial beating heart.

If that's something you wanted to do.

Ford and others are experimenting with wearable robotics

At The Scripps Research Institute in Florida, researchers have undertaken a study of Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as crepe jasmine, a tropical flowering plant that has long been used in traditional medicine in China, India and Thailand. Nat

Brainiacs happen to have thinking organs that are physically designed to outperform, a new study finds.

Here's the science.

Say 'aaaaah'!

Neuroscientists have shown how amputees can learn to control a robotic arm through electrodes implanted in the brain. The research details changes that take place in both sides of the brain used to control the amputated limb and the remaining, intact

Nanoparticle drug delivery systems are a hot area in medical research at the moment.

Tristan Roberts is injecting himself with a previously an untested, experimental gene therapy.

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is rolling out a new "regulatory framework" aimed at encouraging and speeding legitimate development of regenerative therapies.

Technocrat surgeons will need a supply of healthy, living bodies for those whose head and brain are intact but bodies are unusable. China has few ethical or legal restrictions on anything to do with science and technology. ? TN Editor

Josiah Zayner is CEO of the biohacking-promoting startup The Odin.

The world's first human head transplant has been carried out on a corpse in China in an 18-hour operation that showed it was possible to successfully reconnect the spine, nerves and blood vessels.

A "memory prosthesis" brain implant has enhanced human memory for the first time.

Epidermolysis bullosais is rare, but the charity DEBRA, which campaigns for EB patients, estimates half a million people are affected around the world.

A new way to rejuvenate old cells in the laboratory, making them not only look younger, but start to behave more like young cells, has been discovered by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Brighton.

SUPER HUMANS could exist in just 15 years thanks to a computer chip inserted into the brain to unlock the mankind's full potential.

There is a solution to the dual challenges of growing and preserving neural stem cells in a state where they are still able to mature into many different cell types.

In 2014, Life Extension Advocacy Foundation was established to promote increased healthy human lifespan through fiscally sponsoring longevity research projects and raising awareness regarding the societal benefits of life extension.

The American Dental Association, like many oral hygiene bodies around the globe, recommends cleaning between teeth at least once per day. Generally, this is done using a strand of dental floss to get into the small gaps that toothbrushes just can't r

If Jonathan Rothberg has a superpower, it's cramming million-dollar, mainframe-sized machines onto single semiconductor circuit boards.

Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have reported success in an early-phase clinical trial examining the safety, tolerability and feasibility of administering infusions of blood plasma from young donors to participants with mild to m

Do not talk about whether vaccines work or not, or whether or not they cause autism, unless you're ready for a very heated debate.

(Natural News) Can small-scale farming in the modern age really generate enough income for the average family to make an honest living?

for CBD oils and non-THC hemp extracts...(Natural News) Coming in early 2018, I will be announcing a commercial lab verification service that will allow CBD oil and dietary supplement companies to place "Lab Verified" labels on their products and

Sergio Canavero set up a team to carry out head transplant (body transplant) procedure in China, working with Xiao-Ping Ren, an orthopaedic surgeon at Harbin Medical University who helped with one of the first hand transplants, in 1999.

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USC researchers have grown hair follicles from skin cells reproduced in vitro in the lab.