Broadly effective antibodies against HIV isolated
Researchers working under the auspices of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have reported the isolation of 17 novel antibodies…
Intestinal protein linked to ADHD
Researchers are increasingly linking gut function to a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Now, a new study suggests that a biochemical…
Are cancers newly evolved species?
UC Berkeley molecular biologists propose that carcinogenesis – the generation of cancer – is just another form of speciation, the…
Medicos want Champix banned
An international team of researchers have called for the smoking cessation drug varenicline (marketed as Champix in Europe and Chantix…
Medical implants made hacker-proof
Implantable medical devices are big business, from pacemakers and defibrillators to brain stimulators and drug pumps; worldwide, around 300,000 people…
Dairy intake, heart attack risk not statistically linked
Dairy products may be high in saturated fats but high levels of dairy intake do not statistically increase the risk…
Doctors at Guantánamo Bay get cryptic ethical advice
Medical involvement with torture is prohibited by law and the fundamental tenets of the medical professional, and yet sometimes it…
Urologists nix surgery in favor of mechanical penile lengtheners
In a rebuff to surgical penile augmentation, a meta-review of studies into penile lengthening recommends that men use non-invasive mechanical…
Gene therapy painkiller gets body to produce its own pain relief drugs
University of Michigan scientists running a human trial of the first ever gene therapy treatment for pain relief say that…
Retina built using stem cells
The processes involved in the formation of complex tissues and organs involving multiple cell types are still mostly a mystery…
New Chinese virus has “alarmingly high” mortality rate
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists explain how a previously unknown and dangerous virus carried by tics…
Bacteria in gut can control organs
The bacteria that live in the human gut may be doing quite a bit more than simply helping us digest…
Gender slant on hygiene hypothesis could explain skewed disease rates
The “hygiene hypothesis” suggests that increased hygiene and sanitation is linked to higher rates of asthma, allergies and autoimmune disorders.…
High altitude, higher suicide risk
The current issue of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology contains an analysis of mortality data that reveals a…
Discredited MMR researcher planned business empire
Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced researcher who claimed a link between MMR vaccine and autism, planned a secret multi-national business offering…
Hair color revealed in DNA
The same European researchers who devised a forensic test to tell a person’s age from a sample of their blood…