Interviews about Medicine

It could reduce the necessary number of glucose tolerance tests by 50%, saving lots of time and money.

A new method of producing red blood cells from stem cells

Primitive fish that invaded the land had a single lung; so why have terrestrial animals all got two?

Executive Director Damian Pattinson explains why this is the future of scientific publishing...

Do reproducible differences in the density of the myelin that insulates nerve connections explain the gift of the gab?

Scans during pregnancy show marmoset babies making crying faces...

Preventative measures, as usual, are more effective than dealing with diseased patients...

How scientists are trying to prepare people's immune system to better fight the disease...

Trials in treating similar infections to TB have enjoyed some success...

With so many unreported cases, how can we improve TB diagnostics?

What causes TB and what are the symptoms?

How nature's sounds can boost our mental health...

This nifty alteration to the DNA of nerve cells means that the usual side effects are avoided...

Why a good night's sleep is more than just a way to feel rested...

Why alcohol and sleep perhaps aren't natural bedfellows...

Using our knowledge of the body clock to target optimal windows for drug therapy...

Why when we eat might be as important as what we eat...

The aim is to be able to detect common diseases and prevent or delay them...

New cancer treatment that could forego the need for specialised individual treatment

A study shows that children that play video games have better reaction times than those that do not.

Why convincing people to take climate action is so difficult

Should you be able to bypass your GP to get a dose of antibiotics?

How bacteria found in the mouth may be helping tumours spread faster through the body

There may be dormant viruses of different types lingering in the body and reawakened by coronavirus infection to cause...