“Spare” living human bodies might provide us with organs for transplantation - This week, MIT Technology Review published a piece on bodyoids—living bodies that cannot... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1113923/spare-living-human-bodies-might-provide-organs/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

Autopsies can reveal intimate health details. Should they be kept private? - Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been following news of the deaths of actor Gene Hack... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/21/1113549/autopsies-reveal-intimate-health-details-kept-private/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

HIV could infect 1,400 infants every day due to disruptions in aid from the US - Around 1,400 infants are being infected by HIV every day as a result of the new US admin... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/18/1113288/hiv-could-infect-1400-infants-every-day-due-to-disruptions-in-aid-from-the-us/ #biotechnologyandhealth #health #app

This annual shot might protect against HIV infections - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/14/1113225/annual-shot-protect-against-hiv/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

The short, strange history of gene de-extinction - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/07/1112880/the-short-strange-history-of-gene-de-extinction/ #biotechnologyandhealth

De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step toward woolly mammoths - They’re small, fluffy, and kind of cute, but these mice represent a milestone in de-exti... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/04/1112796/gene-edited-woolly-mice-step-towards-woolly-mammoths/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

An ancient man’s remains were hacked apart and kept in a garage - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/28/1112600/ancient-mans-remains-hacked-apart-and-kept-in-a-garage/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

How a volcanic eruption turned a human brain into glass - They look like small pieces of obsidian, smooth and shiny. But a set of small bla... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/27/1112595/volcanic-eruption-turned-human-brain-into-glass/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

Motor neuron diseases took their voices. AI is bringing them back. - Jules Rodriguez lost his voice in October of last year. His speech had been deter... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/13/1111882/motor-neuron-diseases-took-their-voices-ai-bringing-them-back/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111219/tiny-microbes-in-your-mouth-could-be-putting-your-health-at-risk/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

Meta has an AI for brain typing, but it’s stuck in the lab - Back in 2017, Facebook unveiled plans for a brain-reading hat that you could use to text... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111292/meta-has-an-ai-for-brain-typing-but-its-stuck-in-the-lab/ #biotechnologyandhealth #biotech #app

How measuring vaccine hesitancy could help health professionals tackle it - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/31/1110705/measuring-vaccine-hesitancy/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR - Mice with two fathers have been born—and have survived to adulthood—following a complex ... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/28/1110613/mice-with-two-dads-crispr/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

The US withdrawal from the WHO will hurt us all - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1110480/us-withdrawal-from-who-will-hurt-us-all/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO - On January 20, his first day in office, US president Donald Trump signed an executive or... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/23/1110460/us-withdraws-from-the-who/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science - When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Go... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1110086/openai-has-created-an-ai-model-for-longevity-science/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

Deciding the fate of “leftover” embryos - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1110055/deciding-the-fate-of-leftover-embryos/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app

What to expect from Neuralink in 2025 - In November, a young man named Noland Arbaugh announced he’d be livestreaming from his h... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/16/1110017/what-to-expect-from-neuralink-in-2025/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

Inside the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos - Lisa Holligan already had two children when she decided to try for another baby. ... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/13/1109922/inside-the-strange-limbo-facing-ivf-embryos/ #biotechnologyandhealth #app

How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/10/1109888/how-us-preparing-bird-flu-pandemic/ #biotechnologyandhealth #thecheckup #app