Health

The technique worked on a range of human forms of the disease and mice with bowel and blood cancer.

Perhaps one of the greatest crises currently faced by the UK is the epidemic of otherwise preventable diseases faced by younger people. While pundits commonly point to socioeconomic issues and class status as causes of these conditions, they're often felt across all boundaries. That includes national ones as well. Teenagers in England, Scotland and Wales are equally as likely to exhibit any of the following three conditions. Some reports say that similar situations are starting to occur in the Republic...

Experiments in mice show the spread is caused by factors within ageing grey matter - not by how long the protein has been expressed by neurons.

Tests on mice have shown the proteins spread via the vagus nerve, which runs like an electrical cable from the stomach and small intestine, into the base of the brain.

It can tell who needs treatment - and when - up to five years earlier than standard clinical methods.

Lycopene helps slow the toxic build-up of glucose in the blood, according to French scientists

Artificial intelligence is set to transform and revolutionise treatment plans for cancer patients, according to one of the world's leading oncologists. Professor Karol Sikora, former chief of the World Health Organization’s Cancer Programme, said that new software developments will ensure that the most suitable radiotherapy treatments match the specific requirements of each individual cancer patient. "We are at an exciting dawn with AI and we are set to see a transformative effect on cancer treatment in the UK. "The technology...

It offers hope of curing killer infections - including MRSA and pneumonia, say scientists

Researchers have discovered that an antibody found in breast milk is key to preventing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), an often deadly bacterial disease of the intestine in preterm infants