A cocktail of drugs — including a growth hormone and two diabetes medications — may be able to reverse the so-called ‘epigenetic clock’, a measure of biological age, according to
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The so-called “extreme male brain” hypothesis is one of the proposed triggers for autism and thought to be a result of higher prenatal exposure to testosterone. However, a new paper
In July, a Japanese woman in her forties received the first-ever corneal transplant made from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) — adult skin cells that have been reprogrammed into stem
A new study highlights one significant benefit of leading an active lifestyle — lowering the risk of death. The findings reported on 31 August at the 2019 European Society of
Every organism depends on microbes. And every microbiome — the communities of bacteria that exists inside all living organisms — is linked by a so-called “ecosystem microbiome” according to results
Neuropsychiatric drugs that “work” in mice fail to cure brain disorders in people. Why?
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A new study published last week on 21 August in the journal Nature may have shed some light on why studies on the mouse brain just don’t seem to translate
So far, there is no proof that microplastics in drinking water pose a risk to human health, according to a new safety review into the potential risks of plastic in
A cure for Ebola? Breakthrough drug trial shows promising results but challenges remain
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The world has finally reached a turning point in the fight against Ebola, experts say. The news came this week that two new drugs boosted survival rates of those recently
More than 11 million healthy childhood life years are lost to treatment-related ill-health and disability and fatal cancer, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) to assess childhood
Scientists have discovered a new type of liver cell called the hepatobiliary hybrid progenitor (HHyP) that may be able to regenerate the liver. These progenitors — stem-cell-like cells — are