Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments
The quest for long, healthy life—and even immortality—is probably almost as old as humans are, but it’s never been hotter
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The Checkup
“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 think or feel pain. In the piece,
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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 Hackman and his wife,
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This annual shot might protect against HIV infections
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and
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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 newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and
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8,000 pregnant women may die in just 90 days because of US aid cuts
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A woman made her AI voice clone say “arse.” Then she got banned.
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and
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How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk
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How measuring vaccine hesitancy could help health professionals tackle it
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and
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