First-of-its-kind trial enables paralysed man to stand via stem cell injection(nature.com)

160 points by bentobean 1 year ago | 30 comments

Pig lung transplanted into a human(sciencealert.com)

112 points by signa11 1 year ago | 85 comments

The brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury(nature.com)

336 points by gmays 1 year ago | 218 comments

Nature news article reporting that after a heart attack, immune cells stimulate sleep neurons in the brain, inducing deep restorative sleep that aids healing.

Syphilis microbe's family has plagued humans for millennia(nature.com)

44 points by Hooke 2 years ago | 23 comments

Ageing accelerates around age 50 ― some organs faster than others(nature.com)

171 points by rntn 1 year ago | 105 comments

Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes(nature.com)

247 points by user070223 2 years ago | 35 comments

Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before it spreads(nature.com)

331 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 196 comments

Nature news article from February 2025 about an inexpensive blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer before it spreads to other parts of the body.

New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times(economist.com)

413 points by andsoitis 4 months ago | 143 comments

Economist article reporting that a promising pancreatic cancer drug may be the first of a new class of treatments targeting a cancer master switch.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node(lowendbox.com)

735 points by h0ek 3 years ago | 489 comments

LowEndBox blog post recounting the case of William Weber, convicted of child pornography charges in Austria after running a Tor exit node.

Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation technique(newatlas.com)

480 points by 01-_- 1 year ago | 114 comments

New Atlas article reporting on a new islet cell transplantation technique that reversed type 1 diabetes.

Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice(med.stanford.edu)

368 points by mustaphah 7 months ago | 176 comments

Stanford Medicine news article reporting that enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice.