Health & Medicine
Why some tumours withstand treatment
16 Mar 2016
New SARS-like virus poised to infect humans; researchers
16 Mar 2016
The newly identified virus, known as WIV1-CoV, readily and efficiently replicates in cultured human airway tissues, suggesting an ability to jump directly to humans
Researchers grow functional heart in lab
15 Mar 2016
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have been able to grow functional heart tissue using stem cells created from skin cells
Main ingredient of Splenda linked to leukemia in new study
15 Mar 2016
Research at the Ramazzini Institute had revealed that Splenda substantially increased the risk of leukemia and other cancers
World's first soft-robotic surgery on a human body
14 Mar 2016
Once inserted into the body through a small incision in the abdomen, the robot provides surgeons with unparalleled video feedback from inside the body, making it ideal for abdominal surgery
Screening cardiac drugs that also attack cancer
14 Mar 2016
Health drink proves its claim to help Alzheimer’s patients
12 Mar 2016
A daily drink which manufacturers say can ‘manage’ Alzheimer’s disease does actually stop the brain from shrinking, a two-year clinical trial has shown