Slower cognitive decline in elderly people living in greener neighbourhoods
Elderly people living in greener neighbourhoods have been found to present slower cognitive decline, a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health...
How a Mediterranean diet could reduce osteoporosis
According to new research from the University of East Anglia, UK, eating a Mediterranean diet could help reduce bone loss in people with osteoporosis.
The...
The Support Hope and Recovery Online Network (SHaRON): transforming mental health with digital
Jonathon Burton, web and digital services manager at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, talks about the trust’s Support Hope and Recovery Online Network (SHaRON),...
Living nearer Nature reduces risk of premature death
Living closer to Nature and spending time outside has numerous health benefits, including reducing risk of premature death and Type 2 diabetes, according to...
New gene therapy could treat children with Hunter disease
A new stem cell gene therapy approach has been developed by a team at the University of Manchester, UK, which could help treat children...
Nobel Prize-winning technology has revealed herpes virus structure
Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC), UK, have successfully used the Nobel Prize-winning technology cryo-electron microscopy to reveal a detailed structure of the...
People with traumatic brain injury are at increased risk of dementia
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to one of the largest studies of its kind.
A nationwide study...
Cells working together fuel aggressive childhood brain tumour
Cancerous cells in an aggressive type of childhood brain tumour have been discovered working together to infiltrate the brain, which could lead to much-needed...
Artificial ovary fertility treatment developed by scientists
Scientists from Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, have taken steps towards developing an artificial ovary fertility treatment that could lead to improved fertility preservation treatments.
This...
Gene-edited pigs resistant to porcine reproductive & respiratory syndrome
By changing the genetic code of pigs, scientists at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, UK, have produced animals that can resist one of...
Epigenetics: advancing diagnostics and accelerating precision medicine
Dr Jason Mellad, chief executive officer at Cambridge Epigenetix, discusses the emerging field of epigenetics-led diagnostics and personalised approaches to medicine.
The exciting and rapidly...
Improving the efficiency of chemotherapy with a new molecule
Researchers from the CNRS and Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, have demonstrated that methiothepin, a small molecule, can improve the efficiency of chemotherapy by...
Mapping immune signalling
Anders Linden on the mapping of immune signalling via the cytokine interleukin-26 to identify novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets in COPD.
In the research group...
AI could be set to improve prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
Data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) could help improve prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to researchers at Sweden’s Science for Life Laboratory.
Cancer tumours are all...
An effective new treatment for cerebral malaria in mice found
Scientists from the universities of Manchester and Glasgow in the UK have found a potentially new way of treating cerebral malaria in a study...
Professor Mel Greaves recognised for work in childhood cancer research
Professor Mel Greaves, of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, has been awarded the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA,...
A new type of small-cell lung cancer has been discovered
Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the USA have discovered a new kind of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), which is going to help...
£12m grants issued to help tackle antimicrobial resistance on global scale
Four UK-based universities have been awarded multimillion pound grants to conduct research into the biological, cultural, social and economic drivers behind the development of...
Samsung and Babylon Health tech offers live video doctor appointments
In partnership with Samsung, Babylon Health has launched ‘Ask an Expert, powered by Babylon’, a new system that allows users to check symptoms and...
Further research supporting theory that e-cigarettes help smokers quit
E-cigarettes are known to help people stop smoking, even when they don’t want to, according to new research from the University of East Anglia...
