Medicine & The Body
Disease, treatment, medical systems, bodily mysteries, and what happens when human biology collides with human institutions.
Scientists Are Building Artificial Blood From the Inside Out
Hemoglobin vesicles can carry oxygen without a single living cell — Deoxy HbV — and they might one day sit on a shelf in an ambulance, waiting for you.
Where 360,000 Kidney Transplant Patients Disappear Before Evaluation
A massive new study tracked 720,000 kidney transplant referrals and found the biggest obstacle isn't organ shortage — it's the process that quietly eliminates half of patients before they're ever evaluated.
What Happens When a Weight-Loss Drug Works Better Than Surgery
A new class of obesity drug just posted weight-loss numbers that resemble surgery, not a shot — and that changes the financial psychology of every treatment decision people are making right now.
The T-Cell Therapy That Tells Your Immune System to Stand Down
Tregzi doesn't fight cancer — it prevents the immune system from declaring war on its new host, and its trial numbers are hard to argue with.
Why the Drug That Finally Beat KRAS Took 40 Years to Arrive
For decades, a single mutant gene drove some of the deadliest lung cancers while resisting every drug thrown at it — now a head-to-head trial has shown that the second wave of treatments may be genuinely different, not just incrementally better.