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Medicine News Stories
News articles about medicine, physiology, pathology, microbiology, drugs, food, neuroscience and psychology...
16 April 2015
Salmonella can be harnessed to kill cancers.
10 April 2015
Plucking a patch of hair provokes nearby unplucked, resting hairs to regenerate, new research has shown...
27 March 2015
Living in an area with high pollution levels could lead to increased stroke and anxiety risk.
27 March 2015
A new safer Ebola vaccine has been developed by scientists.
20 March 2015
A way to reprogramme leukaemia cells to disable their malignant tendencies has been announced by scientists in the US.
19 March 2015
Remembering one thing can cause you to forget another, new research has shown.
12 March 2015
Scientists have used ultrasound to remove Alzheimer's causing plaque from the brain
12 March 2015
Scientists have revealed we do the more socially acceptable human equivalent of dogs when they greet each other.
11 March 2015
The region of the brain responsible for how much pain we feel has been identified by scientists.
10 March 2015
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Hessian Fly, a major wheat pest, in order to try and reduce its impact on...
10 March 2015
Scientists have discovered that our cells' 'spellchecker' doesn't work equally well across the...
10 March 2015
Researchers have found a region of the human genome associated with peanut allergy.
05 March 2015
Oxygen may be a new weapon in the fight against cancer
27 February 2015
Scientists have developed an anti-oxident that can reduce the stickiness of mucus for cystic fibrosis patients.
20 February 2015
Nanoparticles that could help prevent heart attacks and strokes have been developed.
20 February 2015
Babies of young teenage dads are more likely to suffer from a birth defect.
13 February 2015
A form of long-acting insulin that automatically activates itself in response to blood sugar levels has been created by...
13 February 2015
A trial to pick up the presence of Parkinson's Disease using chemicals in exhaled air has launched in Cambridge.
13 February 2015
Scientists have solved the mystery of what makes popcorn pop.
13 February 2015
Human languages tend to have more happy words than sad ones...
06 February 2015
The way scorpion venom kills its victims has inspired a novel way to look for new drugs
06 February 2015
Exposure to screens is affecting teenagers' sleep patterns...
06 February 2015
From couch potato to busy body - how happy thoughts can improve your physical health.
30 January 2015
Scientists have developed a technique to reverse the cooking effects of boiling an egg.