Benjamin Dubansky, Brooke Dubansky, Brandon Ballengée, and Christopher Just, in collaboration with Le Bleu Perdu Project, "Fresh Sea," from the series Né dans le peche (Born in Sin), 2024. Digitized image from a histology slide of American alligator osteoderm, stained with a modified version of Ramón y Cajal’s picroindigo-carmine and Kernechtrot Nuclear Fast Red. Courtesy of the artists, Le Bleu Perdu Project, Atelier de la Nature.

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Many people are living longer, healthier lives thanks to scientific and technological advances in medicine, even as persistent challenges remain and new problems appear. Cutting edge advances—in brain science, health data, and precision gene editing, among other fields—promise to further transform the field of human health. These articles, from some of the country's leading health policy experts, explore a wide range of contemporary issues in the field of medicine and health, and grapple with many important issues now on the horizon.