Health & Medicine
Technology that enables home physiotherapy
12 Jan 2013
First image of insulin ‘docking’ could lead to better diabetes treatments
11 Jan 2013
A landmark discovery about how insulin docks on cells could help in the development of improved types of insulin for treating both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
How malaria evades the body’s immune response
10 Jan 2013
DNA pioneer James Watson slams cancer research establishment
09 Jan 2013
Nobel winner James Watson, says the cure for many cancers would remain elusive unless scientists rethought the role of antioxidants, which he says may have caused more cancers than they have prevented
Ovarian cancer stem cell study puts targeted therapies within reach
By By Karen N. Peart | 08 Jan 2013
Pesticides and Parkinson's: UCLA researchers uncover further proof of a link
By By Mark Wheeler | 07 Jan 2013
For several years, neurologists have been building a case that a link exists between pesticides and Parkinson's disease
Scientists pinpoint molecular signals that make some women prone to miscarriage
07 Jan 2013
Scientists have identified molecular signals that control whether embryos are accepted by the womb, and that appear to function abnormally in women who have suffered repeated miscarriages
Scientists show the positive side of steroids
07 Jan 2013
Improving the accuracy of cancer diagnoses
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 04 Jan 2013
Quick detection of periodontitis pathogens
04 Jan 2013
Research on porcupine’s quills could help engineers design better medical devices
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 24 Dec 2012
New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosis
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 19 Dec 2012
Silent stroke can cause Parkinson’s disease
18 Dec 2012
Scientists at The University of Manchester have for the first time identified why a patient who appears outwardly healthy may develop Parkinson’s disease