Health & Medicine
New tool in the fight against tropical diseases
05 Mar 2013
Born with HIV, child cured in the US
04 Mar 2013
In a medical breakthrough, doctors in the US disclosed at a medical conference on Sunday how they effectively cured a child born with HIV infection
Scientists unlock the why and how of an age-old treatment
By By Robert Perkins | 04 Mar 2013
Chemists find help from nature in fighting cancer
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 02 Mar 2013
Study of several dozen compounds based on a fungal chemical shows potent anti-tumour activity.
Yale study reveals origins of body fat
By By Bill Hathaway | 01 Mar 2013
New tool in the fight against tropical diseases
01 Mar 2013
Study finds ‘Internet addicts’ can suffer withdrawal symptoms similar to substance abusers
25 Feb 2013
Study finds ‘Internet addicts’ can suffer withdrawal symptoms similar to substance abusers
25 Feb 2013
Stanford researchers develop tool for reading the minds of mice
By By Bjorn Carey | 22 Feb 2013
Stanford scientists have developed a system for observing real-time brain activity in a live mouse. The device could prove useful in studying new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's.
New therapeutics that could accelerate wound healing
By By Davin Malasarn | 21 Feb 2013
Analysis links ozone levels, cardiac arrest
20 Feb 2013
Eight years’ worth of data drawn from Houston’s extensive network of air-quality monitors and more than 11,000 concurrent out-of-hospital cardiac arrests has found a positive correlation between cardiac arrests and exposure to both fine particulate matter and ozone
Stress at work very unlikely to cause cancer
19 Feb 2013
Work-related stress is not directly linked to the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, but can cause other contributing factors, according to a new study
Scientists create MRI for nanoscale imaging
19 Feb 2013
Designer blood clots: artificial platelets could treat battlefield injuries
16 Feb 2013
Scientists are developing new biomaterials, including artificial blood platelets laced with chemicals, packed in an injector the size of an iPhone to speed up clotting from combat injuries
Not all fat is packaged the same way, Yale researchers find
By By Bill Hathaway | 15 Feb 2013
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