Category: Features
Brain cancer now deadliest form of childhood cancer in the US, says CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said that brain cancer has now surpassed leukemia as the deadliest form of childhood cancer in the country. In 1999, nearly one in three children who died had leukemia, while brain […]
Eight ways to boost your body’s metabolism without exercise
The best way to speed up the body’s metabolism and burn excess fat is to get regular exercise. But for those who don’t have the time to go to the gym and are looking for easier ways to boost their […]
Revolutionary wheelchair offers functional upright mobility on any terrain
There are around 70 million wheelchair users worldwide, but only 10% of that group has the sufficient upper body function to use devices that can help them stand and walk like crutches or the ReWalk robotic exoskeleton, according to Oren […]
Sanofi, Alphabet’s Verily create US$500 mn diabetes-focused joint venture
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Verily, the life sciences research unit of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., have teamed up to form a US$500-million joint venture company that will focus on diabetes management and care improvement. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts […]
Surgical robot used for the first time to operate inside a man’s eyes
A team of surgeons at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital in the UK have successfully used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight for the very first time. The device was controlled via a joystick to remove a […]
SEA nations to establish health emergency fund, says WHO
Eleven member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region have agreed to set up a dedicated fund for health emergencies in the region, which is considered one of the most disaster-prone areas, as a critical step towards […]
Statins offer more benefits than side effects, say scientists
Just a few months ago, researchers estimated that around 200,000 people in the UK alone may have been prompted to stop taking statin pills within a six-month period due to a public controversy that started in 2013 regarding the drug’s […]
New compound found to stop malaria with a single dose
Scientists say that they have discovered a new compound that stops malaria in animals with one low dose. This could provide a new avenue for researchers to develop more effective antimalarials as parasites become more resistant to existing drugs. Researchers […]
Scientists use gene editing technology to shrink cancer
Scientists are able to reprogram a signal that promotes tumor growth into one that shrinks it instead by using gene editing. A team from the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, China demonstrated in their study, published in Nature Methods, […]
3D bone-scanning technique without X-ray radiation exposure
A new revolutionary bone-scanning technique that produces extremely high-resolution 3D images without exposing patients to X-ray radiation has been developed by chemists from Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). Luminescent compounds are attached […]
