According to a new study published on 4 February in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the “metabolic age” of female brains are a few years younger than
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A new commentary published on 4 February in The Lancet has called upon World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to reconvene the emergency committee and to reconsider whether to declare
Scientists warn Japan’s approval of stem cell treatment for spinal injuries is premature
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Despite many niggling concerns still holding back stem cell therapies, Japan has just approved a stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury. However, according to experts approached for comment by
Stem cell transplantation effectively reverses multiple sclerosis in some patients
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Preliminary results reported on 15 January in JAMA suggest hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may be more effective than traditional therapies for treating the most common form of multiple sclerosis
The gut is home to billions of bacteria, known as the microbiome, however, little is known about how this microbiome changes over time. An international team of researchers, led by
Energy sources are needed to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal for clean water and sanitation (SDG6), in order to facilitate energy-intensive water treatment processes. At the same
A new study published on 8 January in Advanced Materials has presented a novel biomaterial with the unique ability to enable cell-selective activation of growth factors ― signalling proteins that
Computer vision and artificial intelligence are helping doctors diagnose rare disorders
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A recent study published on 7 January in Nature Medicine has shown that a smartphone app called Face2Gene designed to help diagnose a range of rare genetic disorders by analysing
According to a paper published on 2 January in Science Translational Medicine, ‘nanoscavengers’ or ‘bioscavengers’ may offer an effective treatment against the highly toxic nerve agents used in chemical attacks
Dramatic reductions in particulate air pollution in China may have unexpectedly increased ozone pollution
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Since 2013, the Chinese government has been enforcing strict policies on emissions in an effort to reduce fine particulate air pollution, known as PM 2.5, a major problem in Chinese