Business Impact Why I Left the Hospital System and Started Working in Telemedicine Behind one woman’s decision to pursue a medical career at a San Francisco Internet startup. by Julia Sklar 2017-05-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Chinese Researchers Experiment with Making HIV-Proof Embryos The attempt is another controversial test of whether gene-modified people are possible. by Antonio Regalado 2016-04-08T16:35:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Smartphone Test for HIV and Syphilis Costs Pennies A phone attachment using cheap disposable cartridges rapidly tests for HIV and syphilis in a Rwandan trial. by David Talbot 2015-02-05T10:55:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Can Gene Therapy Cure HIV? Engineering a patient’s own immune cells to resist HIV could eliminate the need for lifelong antiretroviral therapies. by Susan Young Rojahn 2014-03-05T17:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life The Machine That Will Help End TB Nearly 1.5 million people die from tuberculosis every year, even though most cases can be cured with routine antibiotic treatments. One country’s fight to get the ancient scourge under control has an unlikely hero: a simple diagnostic test. by Jon Cohen 2012-12-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life HIV Vaccines to be Tested at the Disease's Epicenter Researchers will test four experimental vaccines in a region in South Africa where one in five adults is infected with HIV. by Conor Myhrvold 2012-10-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life FDA Approves First Pill to Reduce Chance of HIV Infection A daily dose of Gilead’s Truvada reduces infection in high-risk, uninfected men. by Susan Young Rojahn 2012-07-16T15:58:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Monitoring HIV on a Cheap Chip A microfluidic chip could measure effectiveness of patient treatments in resource-poor countries. by Courtney Humphries 2011-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Researchers Announce a Breakthrough on HIV/AIDS Treatment A technique that alters T cells has been shown to reduce the amount of virus in infected people. by Deborah Erickson 2011-09-18T12:15:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A Quick, Cheap Diagnostic Test for HIV and Other Infections A simple microfluidics chip could improve health care in poor countries by making rapid diagnostic testing a reality. by Emily Singer 2011-08-01T14:45:00-04:00
