Circumcision is preventing tens of thousands of cases of HIV infection, a new study from...
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11 December 2016
A breakthrough therapy to rescue the tens of thousands of people killed or injured each year by carbon monoxide...
08 December 2016
Gene therapy for a fatal inherited paralysing disease called spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, that strikes in infancy has...
08 December 2016
Pandas are highly sensitive to the scales of their habitats, and some regions earmarked for conservation are...
03 December 2016
Prostate cancer is diagnosed in more than a million men every year, and the rates have more than doubled in recent...
03 December 2016
Cambridge scientists have developed a technique to turn skin into blood vessel muscle cells to uncover new treatments...
02 December 2016
Going to bed angry or upset may make it harder to suppress negative emotional memories.
26 November 2016
The microbes in our gut turn our genes on and off - and the healthier we eat, the more they do so, a new study finds.
25 November 2016
Changes in your microbiome are the cause of the yo-yo effect that sees dieters paradoxically gaining weight over time...
23 November 2016
Children who are bullied are more likely to be overweight when they become adults according to new research.
14 November 2016
Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have found that the ancestors of chimps and bonobos got up to...
14 November 2016
During the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak, the virus picked up genetic mutations that increased its ability to infect...
14 November 2016
Huntington’s disease is caused by carrying a faulty version of the gene for the Huntingtin protein, but the messenger...
11 November 2016
The genes which allow Malaria to avoid treatment have been found by scientists working in Cambodia
11 November 2016
Sleeping sickness, also known as African trypanosomiasis, sets up a formerly undiscovered reservoir of infection in...
07 November 2016
A new theory on the Moon's formation has been proposed by scientists and it involves a big crash and a very fast...
05 November 2016
The first example of a fossilised dinosaur brain has been discovered in a pebble picked up on a UK beach.
05 November 2016
A way to read the entire genome of a developing foetus non-invasively and from as early as 5 weeks into development...
04 November 2016
Three square metres of Arctic sea ice are lost for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by anyone on our planet, a new...
03 November 2016
Plants that use nanoparticles to pick up the presence of pollution, or even explosives, have been engineered by...
28 October 2016
New research shows how small lies escalate over time unveiling the biological basis for the slippery slope of...
28 October 2016
An extract produced by a human intestinal parasite can reverse the symptoms of asthma in mice, scientists in...
27 October 2016
The first fossilised dinosaur brain has been discovered by scientists in the UK...
24 October 2016
Surprising insights into chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia cells open up routes for more effective treatments.
21 October 2016
Eggs capable of being fertilised and giving rise to healthy baby mice have been produced in the culture dish using stem...