With Lasers and Daring, Doctors Race to Save a Young Manâs Brain
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Chris Ratuszny was the first person in the U.S. to undergo an operation involving the use of an excimer laser to treat a giant brain aneurysm.
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British doctors believe they have cured a boy of a rare disorder by transplanting cells from his baby brother.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body.
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An astonishing new technology allows one set of sensory information to substitute for another in the brain.
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The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals.
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Lasers may be the weapon of choice for sci-fi movie heroes when the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. But back here on Planet Earth, lasers are at the center of a movie battle of another kind: the one
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William Sutherling of the Huntington Medical Research Institute demonstrates how to use magnetic imaging to hunt down seizure-causing brain tissue.
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Research could lead to improvements in prosthetic limbs and robotsScientists have long struggled to figure out how the brain guides the complex movement of our limbs, from the graceful leaps of ballerinas to the simple everyday act of picking up a cup of coffee.
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Some of the world's best minds explore cures for the most difficult problems in providing quality medical care for all.
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Hannah Mollie Stimell, a 13-month-old girl, endured an arduous and complex treatment that her parents and doctors hoped would cure her of a fatal genetic disease.
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Scientists from across the globe gather to learn more about the ways in which light can be used in medicine.
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In a move to save an infant, doctors sought a device they had never tried before: a miniaturized pump called the Berlin Heart.
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A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma.
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Surgery for children with genital abnormalities was once automatic. Now, parents are involved, and the choices are complex.
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Volunteers show marked improvement in verbal skills after a research team runs a weak current through their foreheads. The researchers say it could lead to innovative therapies for patients with brain injuries. By Amit Asaravala.
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Rarely do the worlds of stem-cell research and Native American artifacts collide. But Dr. Michael D. West, the scientist behind Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Worcester, has made it happen.
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A genetic switch that gives tadpoles three eyes could allow stem-cell scientists to eventually grow human eyeballs or at least create replacement parts needed for repair jobs.