• Study: New combination treatment significantly improves degenerative joint diseases

  Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is a fatal condition that is especially prevalent in the skin, cardiovascular and the musculoskeletal systems. There exists a wide gap between existing know

  2020-05-15

• Certain Anaerobic Bacteria Linked to Increased CRC Risk

  APRIL 26, 2020 --Certain species of anaerobic bacteria have been linked to dramatic increases in colorectal cancer (CRC), often within a year of infection, although whether or not the bacter

  2020-04-20

• CRISPR Used Inside Person's Body For First Time

  March 6, 2020 -- The gene editing tool CRISPR has been used inside a person's body for the first time, scientists report.The patient had an inherited form of blindness and underwent the

  2020-03-26

• Healthy 'Mediterranean Diet' Is Good for Your Microbiome

  By Robert PreidtHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The so-called Mediterranean diet is already considered one of the healthiest for your heart, and now scientists say it ma

  2020-02-11

• Brain structure links trait conscientiousness to academic performance

  AbstractIn the long history of identifying factors to predict academic performance, conscientiousness, a so-called ‘big five’ personality trait describing self-regulation and goal-directed behavior, h

  2019-12-20

• Dental academics: Our future dental academics

  Send your letters to the Editor, British Dental Journal, 64 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8YS. [email protected].  Priority will be given to letters less than 500 words long. Authors must sign

  2019-02-12

• Mathematical model can improve our knowledge on cancer

  Researchers have developed a new mathematical tool, which can improve our understanding of what happens when cells lose their polarity (direction) in diseases such as cancer. The result is advancing our understanding of how the fertilized egg cell develops into a complete organism. Biological shapes, like individual organs or an entire body, can be reproduced or maintained with great accuracy, just like in the embryonic development or during the adult stage.

  2019-01-17

• Cancer immunologists scoop medicine Nobel prize

  James Allison and Tasuku Honjo pioneered treatments that unleash the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells.

  2019-01-04