The Pulse Archive

A Pennsylvania doctor is turning medical trash into life-saving gold. It’s not every day that I discuss the best way to evad ...

What do patients want from physicians? Skills? A laser-sharp brain? A steady hand? Sure. But – they want something else, too.  ...

Pulse contributor Bethany Brookshire shares the latest findings on bat calls and milk production among naked mole rats.    ...

 Allow us to reintroduce ourselves… This week on The Pulse, we r ...

A look at precision medicine and how genetics and genomics play a key role in understanding our health.  Some doctors now exa ...

Randy Scott, CEO of Invitae, which offers genetic tests through physicians, speaks with The Pulse’s Taunya English about the promis ...

Villanova’s Jens Karlsson tells us about his work trying to determine the best methods for freezing tissues and human organs.  ...

Dr. Michelle Johnson takes us inside her rehabilitation and robotics lab at Penn Medicine to show us how robots can assist stroke victims ...

Artist and photographer Diane Burko uses art to depict what scientists struggle to explain about climate change.  Artist and ...

If you’re interested in counting critters, measuring rain and seeking out cherry blossoms, these projects are for you. As ev ...

With the March 31 enrollment deadline approaching, government leaders and health advocates are pulling out all sorts of tricks to get the ...

The Scientist’s Kerry Grens updates us on big news from the cosmology field and explains new efforts to create tissue that mimics t ...

What can our genes tell us about our health risks?  This week on The Pulse, we take a look at the prospects and possibilities of pre ...

The Pulse’s Maiken Scott and Taunya English discuss lingering myths surrounding the organ transplant system—and some possible fix ...

Imagine waiting seven years for a call that could promise new life.  About 6,000 people in the Philadelphia tri-state area ar ...