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Patient Aaron Reid receives (CAR) T-cell therapy at the NIH in Bethesda, MD. The process took five minutes to complete. (Pearl Mak/NPR)
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Science

Scientists race to improve ‘living drugs’ to fight cancer

The engineered cells are made by extracting T cells — a key part of the immune system -- from each patient's blood and then genetically modifying them in the lab.

8 years ago

A study published Wednesday suggests men who wear briefs — tight-fitting underwear — have sperm counts that are, on average, 17 percent lower than men who wear boxers.
(Michael Cogliantry/Getty Images)
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Health

Boxers or briefs? experts disagree over tight underwear’s effect on male fertility

If you've ever seen someone with testicles get kicked in the groin, then you probably know that male genitals — aren't actually that tough.

8 years ago

A cluster of rotaviruses. The image is from a transmission electron micrograph and has been colored. (Dr. Gopal Murti/Science Source)
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Health

Scientists discover the secret weapon of stomach viruses

Researchers have discovered why some stomach bugs hit us so hard — and spread so fast.

8 years ago

Humpback whales feed at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary near Provincetown, Mass., on July 9, 2014. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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Science
Fresh Air

Scientists are ‘Spying On Whales’ to learn how they eat, talk and … walked?

"We live in the golden age of whale science."

8 years ago

Damage caused by traumatic brain injuries isn’t just the result of the physical blow, but it is connected to the release of a neurotransmitter called glutamate. But the brain has a natural defense against damage caused by glutamate — a compound called cypin. (Bigstock/DedMityay)
Science

Rutgers study proposes novel approach for treating traumatic brain injury

More than 2 million are hospitalized in the U.S. every year for traumatic brain injuries. Long-term effects can include epilepsy, depression, and impaired cognitive function.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Science

Aroused: how hormones control us

Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...

Air Date: July 19, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:55
The osprey population has grown in part because of a decline in contaminants in the Delaware estuary. (Photo/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware estuary’s ospreys recover as fish contaminants decline, report says

The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.

8 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Down the Shore
Science

Crews successfully disentangle distressed humpback whale in N.J. bay

The juvenile whale - estimated to be more than 30-feet-long - was freed Wednesday, months after the first reports of entanglement by a piece of gill net.

8 years ago

Physiological psychologist Leslie Stein tips back a sip of PTC, a chemical cousin to a compound found in Brussels sprouts. Stein finds the flavor unpleasant, while others find it intollerably bitter, and to some its taste is neutral. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Same genes, different tastes

Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently

8 years ago

Listen 05:38
A red crimson Japanese barberry bush (Berberis thunbergii) grows in the middle of a decorative garden in front of a home  (Bigstock/Willard Losinger)
Science

Pa. considers banning Japanese barberry, a popular but invasive landscaping plant

The shrub is already banned in New York, Maine, and other states. It’s a haven for ticks and mice.

8 years ago

Keeper Zachariah Mutai attends in March to Fatu, one of only two female northern white rhinos left in the world, in the pen where she is kept for observation, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya. Scientists have successfully grown hybrid white rhino embryos in the lab, stoking hopes that a purebred northern white rhino could be implanted in a surrogate. (Sunday Alamba/AP)
NPR
Science

Scientists hope lab-grown embryos can save rhino species from extinction

Only two of these rhinos are still alive, both females living in a sanctuary in Kenya and protected around the clock by armed guards.

8 years ago

(Image: opencage.info via Creative Commons)
Down the Shore
Science

Dangerous jellyfish now found in northern Barnegat Bay

A dangerous invasive jellyfish continues to move south along internal Jersey Shore waterways. The clinging jellyfish, packing a po ...

8 years ago

In these two two-cell mouse embryos, the surface of the embryos is outlined in orange, the DNA in the nucleus is indicated in blue and the activity of the LINE-1 gene is indicated via bright red spots. (Ramalho-Santos lab/UCSF)
NPR
Science

Some DNA dismissed as ‘junk’ is crucial to embryo development

A study published Thursday finds that some of these snippets may actually play a vital role in the development of embryos.

8 years ago

A screen-capture from a video posted on YouTube by Wildwood Video Archive of the MV Twin Capes sinking last Friday.
Down the Shore
Community

Cape May-Lewes ferry sunk to expand artificial reef

A ferry boat that once transported countless people and vehicles between New Jersey and Delaware is on another mission after it was sunk last Friday.

8 years ago

An adult female turtle crossing Great Bay Boulevard in Little Egg Harbor. (Image courtesy of Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Community

Turtle roadway strikes in problematic area slashed thanks to group’s efforts

Why did the turtle cross the road? To lay eggs, of course. It’s now the beginning of the annual nesting season for northern diam ...

8 years ago

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