The NHS is beginning a scheme to test babies’ DNA at birth to protect them from inherited diseases. And by
Month: November 2019
Link between eye disease and degeneration of the brain
A global research team led by scientists from Singapore and the United States has discovered new evidence that there is
Tobacco smoking increases risk of depression and schizophrenia
A new study published in Psychological Medicine and led by University of Bristol researchers has found that tobacco smoking may increase your
New clues found to help protect heart from damage after heart attack
Studying mice, scientists have shown that boosting the activity of specific immune cells in the heart after a heart attack
Overweight and obesity associated with an increased risk of 13 types of cancer
Women with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer were 2.5 times more likely to develop a malignancy than women with
Potential drug targets for glioblastoma identified
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified 10 tumour-specific potential drug targets for the brain tumour glioblastoma. The results
Normal body weight can hide eating disorder in teens
Teens and young adults with atypical anorexia nervosa can have normal body weights and still be dangerously ill, according to
Critical protein that could unlock West Nile Zika virus treatments identified
A protein that is critical in controlling replication of West Nile and Zika viruses—and could be important for developing therapies
Mutations linked to expression of genes associated with complex traits
Hard-to-study mutations in the human genome, called short tandem repeats, known as STRs or microsatellites, are implicated in the expression
Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time
To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what’s the right amount of failure? New research led by the
