How cancer recharges its batteries
Stealing from the body is how cancer recharges its batteries, according to research published in the journal, Blood. Researchers at the University of East Anglia...
Innovation
The Innovation section showcases a variety of groundbreaking developments in healthcare and medicine. It includes diverse topics such as empowering students in skin health through design, developing wearable diagnostics for neuromuscular diseases, and utilizing “superhero bugs” and AI in combating infections. The section also covers significant research funding awards, collaborations like Coventry University joining the Turing University network, and advancements in early breast cancer detection using robotic technology. Additionally, it explores the integration of AI in electronic health records, clinical trials for spinal cord injuries, and innovative medical applications like using substances from poisonous mushrooms against kidney cancer, emphasizing the dynamic and transformative nature of medical innovation.
Worms are loving parents too
Can worms really be loving parents? For many millions of years worms have led a simple life in which they feed off the bacteria that...
30 Years of the Rosetrees Trust
The Rosetrees Trust is a unique charity which works on the basis of venture philanthropy for medical research. In other words, we invest relatively small sums...
Gene fusion in bladder and brain cancer
"Sometimes chromosomes can break and get reattached to a different one in an unusual way. This results in a fusion between one gene and another...
Online trials map for coloproctology
The European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) has launched an intuitive online Trials Map, where medical and surgical trials from across the world will be hosted...
Eliminating the need for bone marrow donors
Researchers are looking for ways eliminate the need for bone marrow donors altogether and instead use different types of cells derived from the patient in...
How to stop cell samples drying out
Scientists in Japan may have discovered how to solve the problem of cell samples drying out during observations under the microscope - and they were...
Drug breakthrough for drug-resistant gonorrhoea
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is a major global health concern but a new antibiotic class has now been found to be effective against the bacteria that causes...
RSM prize winner Vinay Varadarajan – an update
Mr Vinay Varadarajan, awarded an RSM Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship in December 2016, will be learning about pioneering surgery that allows the removal of benign and...
Speed is of the essence for pancreatic cancer
When it comes to treating pancreatic cancer, speed is of the essence. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease and less...
