Health & Medicine
Obese patients face higher radiation exposure from CT scans - but new technology can help
16 Apr 2012
Engineering researchers develop “phantoms” to make medical imaging safer for overweight individuals
Alzheimer’s Telltale Tau
14 Apr 2012
Sensing when the brain is under pressure
12 Apr 2012
Unexpected partnership drives immunity
12 Apr 2012
Diet may treat some gene mutations
11 Apr 2012
Nano-sized ‘factories’ churn out proteins
By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 09 Apr 2012
Researchers have developed a new type of nanoparticle that can synthesise proteins on demand to get around the problem of the human body breaking down the protein in drugs made from proteins to treat cancers
Babies’ brains are programmed by what mums eat
09 Apr 2012
Nobel laureate creates compound that halts growth of malaria parasite
03 Apr 2012
A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralising dangerous bacteria also prevents growth of the parasite that causes malaria
Gene can turn flu into a killer
02 Apr 2012
With you in the room, bacteria counts spike
31 Mar 2012
Study suggests why some animals live longer
31 Mar 2012
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