BrainCan - medical research

henry heimlich obituary

Thoracic surgeon whose Heimlich manoeuvre has saved tens of thousands of people from choking to...

ill do the first human head transplant

Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero says he will change medical history as soon as 2017 – he even has...

grow your own: the race to create body parts in...

From replacement skin to entire new organs,regenerative medicine is finally leaving its early...

beagles bred with muscular dystrophy offer hope...

Vets studying the muscle-wasting disease in dogs say recent drugs being tested could halt its...

stunning gene therapy breakthrough driven by great...

We need more than ever to celebrate advances in medical science – though they may take years to...

the robot suit providing hope of a walking cure

Clothing that can assist people learn how to walk again after a stroke is the brainchild of a...

francis crick s £700m altar to biomedical science

The modern institute in London will be one of the largest,most sophisticated research facilities of...

why can t all illnesses get the cancer treatment?...

I hope the latest breast cancer breakthrough is genuine. But I also wish we paid as much attention...

vital fetal tissue research threatened by house of...

Subpoenas issued by a special US House panel could create a chilling effect for medical research,as...

saracens rugby club sign up for head injury...

Study into risk of long-term brain damage will monitor team before and after matches,as fears over...

paraplegic man walks with own legs again

American man,26, completes 3.5-metre course thanks to computer system that reroutes signals from his...

henrietta lacks: the mother of modern medicine

How did cells taken from a poor black woman in 1951 advance to unlock some of the biggest advances...

cutting edge theatre: world s first virtual...

Medical experts hope surgery live-streamed in VR will acquire healthcare fairer and boost...

the lab grown penis: approaching a medical...

After more than 20 years of research,a team of scientists are bioengineering penises in the lab...

worlds largest medical imaging study will scan...

Volunteers will have their hearts,brains, bones and body beefy scanned to wait on doctors find links...

the rats who sniff out tuberculosis

The African giant pouched rat can be trained to sniff out tuberculosis more accurately than most lab...

mini brains could revolutionise drug research and...

Cells grown in petri dishes could allow researchers to observe the effects of drugs on neural...

could drinking tea really be linked to a lower...

A study has found a link between hot tea and a lower risk of glaucoma,but experts say there’s no...

are central heating and artificial lighting making...

Our bodies naturally adapt to cold,dark winter conditions. Scientists think the rise of warm houses...

hip implant deaths point to poor science, warns...

Relatives of Suzanne Wolffe,75, who died in hip cement operation, and query surgical ‘default...

face transplant man richard norris has life...

Surgeons say Norris struggled for words when he saw his reconstructed face in a mirror after a...

baboon survives for six months after receiving pig...

Clinical trials of pig organs in humans could initiate in as minute as three years,say...

new immunotherapy drug behind jimmy carters cancer...

Former president given pembrolizumab,one of the most promising unusual drugs in the treatment of...

how to make sure that the medicine goes down well...

Transparency of research is fundamental in drugs trialsWe would like to reassure Dr Aseem Malhotra...

face transplants - a short history

Surgeons possess made enormous advances since the first face transplant took place in France in...

bionic spine could enable paralysed patients to...

Australian developers say intellect-controlled device,which will be tested in humans next year, is...

peering at bright screens after dark could harm...

Light from TVs,computers, tablets and smartphones may disrupt sleep and raise risk of obesity, or...

newborn babies should not be given sugar as pain...

Research in The Lancet warns that existing medical practice does not work and may cause brain...

a leap forward or a step too far? the new debate...

British scientists are limited to research on embryos under 14 days old – until recently no one...

superstar doctor fired from swedish institute over...

Paolo Macchiarini is alleged to have continued with original method of windpipe surgery despite it...

nhs to begin offering hand transplants in april

An estimated two to four patients living in England could benefit from the breakthrough surgery each...

the worlds longest running human study turns 70 ...

As the first batch of the best studied humans on the planet turn 70,we speak to Helen Pearson, whose...

the life project by helen pearson review -...

A spellbinding account of the UKs pioneering cohort studies,which have been monitoring the lives of...

all in the mind? how research is proving the true...

Jo Marchant,author of Cure, explains why the intellect’s ability to heal the body is now being...

gm worm study provides powerful first step towards...

Research is at a very early stage,but scientists are hopeful that a ‘neurostatin preventative drug...

french drug trial leaves one brain dead and three...

Government promises to investigate ‘unprecedented’ accident as six volunteers remain in hospital...

heart patients twice as likely to get life saving...

Ten-year study shows wide variation in how English hospitals give patients emergency treatment to...

a bottle of wine a day is harmless? the evidence...

Claims that alcohol is only harmful to health if you drink more than 13 units per day are...

super gonorrhoea is here - that means the...

Highly drug-resistant bugs are no longer a future problem. After decades of complacency,urgency is...

blood thinning drugs designed to cut stroke risk...

Scientists call for caution in prescribing anticoagulants after some patients with other conditions...

guinea pigs : experimental implants done despite...

Inquiry finds artificial windpipe,arterial graft and synthetic tear duct made by scientists at...

monkeys taught to control robotic wheelchair by...

Study concludes that recent technology involving brain-machine interfaces could benefit humans...

arthur spriggs obituary

My father,Arthur Spriggs, who has died aged 96, and was an eminent cytopathologist whose...

genetically modified monkeys created to help...

Monkeys that develop autism-like symptoms could be used to identify brain circuits involved in...

man left brain dead after french drug trial dies...

Five other men are still in a steady condition after testing the pain-relief drug,although doctors...

adrian grant obituary

My husband,Adrian Grant, who has died aged 67 of ocular melanoma, and had a distinguished career as...

i m an immigrant and a muslim. and i m here to...

A 2013 study found that 42% of researchers at the top seven cancer centers were foreign born....

small weight loss brings big health benefits for...

Study shows that obese people who lost just 5% of their weight saw ‘profound benefits’ through...

french drug trial leaves one brain dead and five...

Ninety people took some dosage of experimental drug being tested for Portuguese pharmaceutical...

the top four modern killers in the west

Cancer,dementia, heart disease and new – or new strains of – infectious diseases are what...

nhs hi tech wonders: from stem cell vision to tiny...

While some hospitals may recognize like they are held together by sticking plaster,the NHS is at the...

nhs to fund world s largest study into effect of...

Potentially game-changing’ trial will remove up to 12 years and monitor 11000 patientsThe...

loneliness linked to 30% increase in heart disease...

Researchers say analysis backs up public health concerns about importance of social contacts for...

french drug trial scandal: dogs died in pre...

Laboratory involved in drug trial that left one person dead and others seriously injured says...

from alpacas to seaweed: the five most surprising...

The life sciences industry is ever-increasing,and some of the research is inspired by and derived...

man dies in rennes hospital after drug trial left...

Five other volunteers in steady condition after testing pain and mood disorder drug for Portuguese...

french health minister confirms one brain dead and...

French health minister,Marisol Touraine, and Rennes university neurology professor Gilles Edan speak...

blood pressure treatment guidelines should be...

Based on trials over two decades,study says millions of lives could be saved by lowering threshold...

wasp study finds sting in the tail for cancer...

Research has found a Brazilian wasp’s venom could extinguish tumours of leukaemia,prostate and...

cancer causing worm could help heal chronic...

Oriental liver fluke responsible for the deaths of 26000 people a year secretes a growth factor that...

watch the worlds first virtual reality view...

A 360-degree livestream video shows the pioneering perspective of a cancer keyhole procedure carried...

man who died in french drug trial had ...

Experts investigating the French drug trial that left one man dead and five hospitalised acquire...

cure for jet lag: flashes of bright light into the...

Researchers claim ‘camera flash’ bursts can relieve adjust the body clock,pushing back the...

transgender woman able to breastfeed in first...

Doctors hail breakthrough and say case shows modest but functional lactation can be induced in...

high libido? cannabis smokers have 20% more sex,...

Report’s author cautions that findings should not be misinterpreted as proof of causal...

meet the researchers at london s £700m altar to...

The giant Francis Crick Institute will be one of the best research facilities in the world. Seven...

nasal spray as effective as injections for pain...

Australian researcher finds the nasal spray analgesic drug fentanyl results in less nausea and...

breakthrough offers hope to those with duchenne...

Researchers fill managed to halt the progression of DMD in mice using a recently developed...

high cocaine doses can cause brain to eat itself

Study of mice finds that the drug can trigger out-of-control ‘autophagy’ – a process by which...

first full body transplant is two years away,...

Doctor plans to graft a living person’s head on to a donor body using procedures he believes will...

i could hear things, and i could feel terrible...

Anaesthesia remains a mysterious and inexact science – and thousands of patients still wake up on...

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