medicine
The Cancer Vaccine Nobody Believed In, Until It Worked
Posted in Medicine, Science on 25th Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
August 19, 2026 is likely to be remembered as the day the mRNA cancer vaccine stopped being a bet and became a result.
Biology Needs Its Own Reckoning With AI, Before It's Too Late
Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 23rd Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
AI is already reshaping biological research at pace. That is genuinely useful. It is also genuinely risky, in ways that are specific to biology and that the general AI ethics conversation has not yet fully grappled with.
Everything We Thought We Knew About How the Brain Stores Memories May Be Wrong
Posted in Medicine, Science on 23rd Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Memories, we've long believed, live in synapses, the connections between neurons that strengthen when we learn and weaken when we forget.
Scientists Just Reversed a Form of Molecular Damage Thought to Be Permanent
Posted in Medicine, Science on 22nd Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
The potential applications are wide. CMLase could in theory be formulated as eye drops to clear AGEs from the lens, applied to restore elasticity in stiffened blood vessels, or used to treat skin.
An Experimental Pediatric Cancer Treatment Shows Promise in New Research
Posted in Medicine, Science on 12th Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
A single infusion of the cells last year resulted in a complete remission. The boy just came in for his follow-up, Seitz says. More than a year later, he still has no detectable signs of cancer.