The new vaccines and treatments that could stop cancer in its tracks
The next advances in defeating cancer may come from a surprising place – our own natural defence mechanisms…
World-first smartphone test for type 2 diabetes launched in UK
‘Potential game-changer’ could save the NHS billions and prevent tens of thousands of heart attacks and strokes The…
Obesity can be passed from parents to children. But do mothers’ or fathers’ genes matter more?
Published on 06/08/2025 – 6:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Children with obese parents are more likely to be obese themselves…
Germany to allow some depressed patients to try psilocybin amid psychedelic medicine boom
Published on 31/07/2025 – 14:15 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s medicine regulator will allow certain patients with treatment-resistant depression to…
Australian scientists uncover new way to halt aggressive cancer growth
Australian researchers have discovered a promising new strategy to suppress the growth of aggressive and hard-to-treat cancers by…
Why are data nerds racing to save US government statistics?
The data nerds are fighting back. After watching data sets be altered or disappear from U.S. government websites…
New genetic discovery could change how Friedreich’s ataxia is diagnosed
A University of Oklahoma researcher is the first to discover that the sequence of the genetic defect in…
Scientists discover how two distinct genes guide regeneration of sensory cells in zebrafish
While humans can regularly replace certain cells, like those in our blood and gut, we cannot naturally regrow…
Cognitive bias in clinical large language models
Biases affecting clinical LLM systems can arise at multiple stages, including data-related biases from collection and representation, model-related…
Why your infant is crying
How much an infant cries is largely steered by their genetics and there is probably not much that…