Health & Medicine
Bird flu mutation study offers vaccine clue
08 Apr 2013
Cancer biologists find DNA-damaging toxins in common plant-based foods
06 Apr 2013
Liquid smoke, black and green teas and coffee produced levels of cell DNA damage comparable to chemo drugs
Stem cells enable personalised treatment for bleeding disorder
By By Eliot Barford | 05 Apr 2013
Scientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients' blood to discover the cause of the disease in individual patients
Smoke-free workplaces linked to smoke-free homes in India
By By Sam Wong | 02 Apr 2013
Adults in India are substantially more likely to abstain from smoking at home if they are prohibited from smoking at work, a new study has found.
Device keeps human liver alive outside body
28 Mar 2013
Hunger-spiking neurons could help control autoimmune diseases
By By Karen N Peart | 26 Mar 2013
Anti-nausea drug kills brain tumour cells
25 Mar 2013
World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway
23 Mar 2013
The world's biggest ever study of allergies, spearheaded by Britain's University of Manchester, officially got underway on Friday, 22 March 2013.
World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway
23 Mar 2013
The world's biggest ever study of allergies, spearheaded by Britain's University of Manchester, officially got underway on Friday, 22 March 2013.
Researchers spot molecular control switch for preterm lung disorders
By By Karen N. Peart | 22 Mar 2013
Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find
By By Rob Jordan | 22 Mar 2013
Researchers create tomatoes that mimic actions of good cholesterol
By By Rachel Champeau | 22 Mar 2013
Pixels guide the way for visually impaired
21 Mar 2013
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