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Bird flu closer to reaching pandemic levels than we thought – scientists
US scientists believe the H5N1 flu virus currently circulating in birds and dairy cows is already better at infecting people than earlier variants, and...
Pumps help human hearts to self-repair at higher rate – Swedish study
After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming new cells is very low. However, according to a recent study,...
GLP-1 drugs may protect brain health – US review
Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic (semaglutide) and Zepbound (tirzepatide) may offer benefits that go beyond weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes or...
Why schizophrenic patients hear voices – Chinese-US study
Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of auditory hallucinations, and the “hearing of voices”, a symptom affecting many with schizophrenia.
A recent study from...
World first as woman’s own stem cells reverse her diabetes
A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells,...
Possible secret chlamydia hiding spot found – German study
The world’s most common sexual infection may have a secret hiding spot in the body where it can avoid antibiotics, suggest researchers, after uncovering...
Cancer jab using immune system’s ‘killer’ cells on the cards – UK study
Scientists are working on a “breakthrough” cancer vaccine after discovering how the body’s immune system targets cells devastated by the disease, according to the researchers from the University...
Scientists identify bursts of ageing at 44 and 60
Scientists have found that the human body undergoes two dramatic bouts of rapid physical transformation on a molecular level, with the shifts in abundance...
Scientists find proof of Reelin protein’s anti-Alzheimer value
A key protein that helps assemble the brain early in life also appears to protect it from Alzheimer’s and other diseases of ageing, although...
Gene may be key to treating pancreatic cancer – UK study
Scientists may have pinpointed a gene they suggest could could be key to taming one of the world’s deadliest cancers – giving fresh hope...
Covid link to aggressive rare cancers, suggest scientists
Increasingly, scientists are suggesting that the proliferation of aggressive cancers – including previously very rare forms of the disease – since the Covid-19 pandemic...
Landmark finding on cause of inflammatory bowel disease and immune disorders
Researchers have discovered a major driver of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and several other immune disorders that affect the spine, liver and arteries, raising...
Drug breakthrough offers hope for deadly blood cancer – UK study
After a recent discovery, British scientists believe existing drugs could be repurposed to treat rare leukaemia and herald a “new era” for how an...
The missing link between junk food diets and cancer
Scientists believe they have uncovered a missing link between how eating junk food increases the risk of cancer, after a study looked at the effect of methylglyoxal...
Patients’ skin bacteria tied to post-surgery infections – US study
Surgical infections might be caused by bacteria that already live on your skin, rather than via external contamination, suggests a study of more than...
Diabetes drug shows promise in slowing Parkinson’s – French study
Researchers say findings that diabetes drug lixisenatide may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease could be a major step forward, and provide hope for...
New UK institute seeks to detect early cell changes before cancer
In research that should help design radically new ways to treat cancer, British scientists at a recently opened cancer institute at Cambridge University have...
US analysis confirms dementia risk halved with Viagra
The erectile dysfunction drug Viagra could soon be recommended as a therapy to decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and help reduce the alarming...
Why more women than men have autoimmune disease – US study
A new explanation has been suggested for why women are so much more susceptible to autoimmune diseases than men: a molecular coating typically found...
Call for more research on antibiotic for bacteria-endometriosis link
A translational study published month has suggested that Fusobacterium infection of the endometrium might contribute to the pathogenesis of endometriosis, the first to suggest a...
Leprosy bacteria able to regenerate organs – Scottish study
Leprosy bacteria may hold the secret to safely repairing and regenerating the body, researchers at the University of Edinburgh say, adding that no other...