Health & Medicine
Bio researchers receive patent to fight superbugs
14 Oct 2014
Researchers have received a patent for producing antimicrobial compounds that degrade and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria by using the pathogen's own genes against it
The skin cancer selfie
14 Oct 2014
Gigapixel camera that takes high-resolution snapshots of the entire body could be simple new tool for whole-body skin cancer screening
Nanoparticles accumulate quickly in wetland sediment
13 Oct 2014
Aquatic food chains might be harmed by molecules "piggybacking" on carbon nanoparticles
‘Smart’ bandage emits phosphorescent glow for healing below
13 Oct 2014
Inspired by wounded warriors, new paint-on, see-through bandage not only protects wounds and severe burns but enables direct measurement of tissue oxygenation
Consumers may be drinking more harmful sugar than soda labels reveal
11 Oct 2014
Soda consumers may be getting a much higher dose of the harmful sugar fructose than they have been led to believe, according to a new study
Long acting HIV drugs to be developed
11 Oct 2014
Nanoparticles get a magnetic handle
11 Oct 2014
Manipulating memory with light
10 Oct 2014
Hunger games: how the brain 'browns' fat to aid weight loss
10 Oct 2014
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have uncovered a molecular process in the brain known to control eating that transforms white fat into brown fat, a process that impacts how much energy we burn and how much weight we can lose
Diabetes in a Dish
10 Oct 2014
Discovery helps to spot what makes a good drug
07 Oct 2014
John O'Keefe shares Medicine Nobel with May-Britt and Edvard Moser
06 Oct 2014
Anglo-American John O'Keefe and Norwegian couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser share the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of brain's GPS system
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