Medicine News Stories

A chemical found in sharks can block the process that leads to Parkinson's Disease, scientists at Cambridge...

A new study suggests retroviruses are hundreds of millions of years older than previously thought

"Weekend warriors" reduce their mortality risk by 30%.

Stress is often cited as a cause of heart attacks and strokes. Now scientists in the US have shown for the first time...

Our gene of the month has a tale behind it.

The region of the brain used to recognise faces develops in a way that defies conventional neurological wisdom...

A weakened strain of malaria can safely be injected into susceptible humans to produce protective antibodies.

A breakthrough therapy to rescue the tens of thousands of people killed or injured each year by carbon monoxide...

Gene therapy for a fatal inherited paralysing disease called spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, that strikes in infancy has...

Prostate cancer is diagnosed in more than a million men every year, and the rates have more than doubled in recent...

Cambridge scientists have developed a technique to turn skin into blood vessel muscle cells to uncover new treatments...

Going to bed angry or upset may make it harder to suppress negative emotional memories.

The microbes in our gut turn our genes on and off - and the healthier we eat, the more they do so, a new study finds.

Changes in your microbiome are the cause of the yo-yo effect that sees dieters paradoxically gaining weight over time...

Children who are bullied are more likely to be overweight when they become adults according to new research.

During the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak, the virus picked up genetic mutations that increased its ability to infect...

Huntington’s disease is caused by carrying a faulty version of the gene for the Huntingtin protein, but the messenger...

The genes which allow Malaria to avoid treatment have been found by scientists working in Cambodia

Sleeping sickness, also known as African trypanosomiasis, sets up a formerly undiscovered reservoir of infection in...

The first example of a fossilised dinosaur brain has been discovered in a pebble picked up on a UK beach.

A way to read the entire genome of a developing foetus non-invasively and from as early as 5 weeks into development...

New research shows how small lies escalate over time unveiling the biological basis for the slippery slope of...

An extract produced by a human intestinal parasite can reverse the symptoms of asthma in mice, scientists in...

Surprising insights into chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia cells open up routes for more effective treatments.