News Archive
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Scientists find the cause of recurrent miscarriages
Posted on March 13, 2016 | No CommentsAround twenty percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, and 1 in 100 women trying to conceive have three or more consecutive miscarriages. Most miscarriages […] -
Happiness can break your heart
Posted on March 10, 2016 | No CommentsHappy events can trigger a rare condition which results in a fatal weakening of the heart, researchers have found. Takosubo syndrome, also known as TTS, […] -
Novel compound completely protects against Ebola virus
Posted on March 9, 2016 | No CommentsDaily injections of GS-5734, a small-molecule antiviral agent, protected 100% of infected Rhesus monkeys against lethal disease when administered three days after exposure, with markedly decreased […] -
Hubble glimpses the furthest galaxy yet
Posted on March 8, 2016 | No CommentsIt’s astounding that the most recent triumph of the Hubble telescope gives us a snapshot of the universe from 97% of the way back to […] -
Cancer’s ‘Achilles heel’ revealed
Posted on March 7, 2016 | No CommentsA new method of cancer treatment revealed that targets its weaknesses… In 2012 Cancer Research UK reported 161,823 deaths from cancer in the UK alone. […] -
Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment?
Posted on March 4, 2016 | No CommentsResearchers from the University of Glasgow have found that pancreatic disease is actually comprised of four separate diseases. It is thought that this finding could […] -
Ebola Causes Long-term Neurological Damage
Posted on March 2, 2016 | No CommentsA new study from the US National Institute of Health has revealed that Ebola survivors face long-term neurological problems even six months after recovery from […] -
Water Off a Beetle’s Back…
Posted on March 1, 2016 | No CommentsWhat do a cactus, a desert beetle and a pitcher plant add to? How about a wonder material that could be used to improve the […] -
DNA Takeover
Posted on February 28, 2016 | No CommentsA long time ago in a galaxy far far away R2d2 set out to take over the genome ….. Selfish elements are genes or sections […] -
Neanderthals and humans interbred much earlier than thought
Posted on February 25, 2016 | No CommentsNew research carried out by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology reveals that modern humans and Neanderthals may have interbred much earlier than previous […] -
A Cure for Cancer ?
Posted on February 24, 2016 | No CommentsWorldwide in 2012 there were 14.1 million cases of cancer and 8.2 million deaths. Macmillan warns that by 2020 almost one in two people will […] -
Bioprinter creates human tissues and organs for transplant
Posted on February 23, 2016 | No CommentsResearchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have built a 3D bioprinting system capable of generating living tissue and entire body parts to […] -
Shocking amounts of sugar in hot drinks
Posted on February 22, 2016 | No CommentsAccording to the campaign group, Action on Sugar, one third of hot drinks sold by high street retailers contain the same or greater quantity of […] -
Record breaker: Three and a half year long stellar eclipse
Posted on February 21, 2016 | No CommentsThe work of a large collaboration of researchers and professional and amateur astronomers has found a star that appears eclipsed from earth for three and […]