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15 November 2018
Intestinal bacteria can trigger the development of conditions like type 1 diabetes, a new study has shown...
09 November 2018
'Real' fake tan could one day fight skin cancer.
06 November 2018
A cell scaffold that recreates the mechanical, biological and electrical conditions that cells need to grow inside...
30 October 2018
The origin and evolution of tuberculosis has been determined from the largest study of this disease.
26 October 2018
Mass coral bleaching in 2016 has affected the fierce butterfly fish.
12 October 2018
Young people are drinking less or not starting to drink alcohol at all, a new study finds.
11 October 2018
How thyroxine controls retinal development...
05 October 2018
Scientists have found cracks in elephants skin which keep them cool and liked this cracking to a common, genetic skin...
27 September 2018
How much sun is too much? Scientists have made a wristband sensor that will tell us just that...
21 September 2018
Do first impressions really last, or do we have a tendency to give people that second chance?
31 August 2018
Can the use of improved satellite navigation devices actually make driving safer?
28 July 2018
Using the power of tiny magnets, a team at Stanford have captured cancer cells circulating in the blood
20 July 2018
Could blocking the survival of ‘memory’ immune cells be the answer to a disfiguring skin condition?
19 July 2018
Circumcision is preventing tens of thousands of cases of HIV infection, a new study from Zimbabwe has confirmed this...
16 July 2018
A hearing aid system that uses light to send sound signals into the nervous system has been developed by researchers in...
16 July 2018
The natural tendency of circulating cancer cells to seek out their parent tumours, or sites of cancer spread called...
13 July 2018
A group of scientists are using virtual reality technology to treat fear of heights…
13 July 2018
A new growth-factor based treatment treatment to regenerate hearts after a heart attack has been discovered by Oxford...
07 July 2018
A way to target cancer by re-programming the immune system to attack tumours has been discovered by scientists in the...
06 July 2018
Coffee could help reduce the risk of chronic diseases...
28 June 2018
Changes in the molecules your gut bacteria make can help diagnose fatty liver disease...
25 June 2018
Gaming has earned a bad reputation: it's now an addictive disorder...
24 June 2018
Marriage protects against heart disease and strokes, new research has revealed...
21 June 2018
For the first time ever, a robot has been used to perform surgery on the human eye