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Injectable, 'self-healing' hydrogel may offer simpler form of long-term drug delivery
Date: Feb-20-2015In a new study, MIT researchers reveal how they have created an injectable hydrogel that can deliver two drugs simultaneously over extended time periods.
Cigarette-modifying regulations 'unlikely' to alter illicit tobacco demand
Date: Feb-20-2015A report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine suggests that potential measures to modify cigarettes are not likely to affect the demand for illicit tobacco.
Advance of resistant malaria 'poses serious global threat'
Date: Feb-20-2015A study warns of global threat after finding malaria parasites resistant to the frontline drug artemisinin in samples taken across Myanmar and its border regions.
Camel antibodies ferry anti-cancer viruses directly to tumor cells
Date: Feb-20-2015Since they can withstand the harsh conditions inside cells better than human antibodies, camel and alpaca antibodies may be ideal for carrying anti-cancer viruses to cancer cells.
Women with MS may 'have lower levels of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory nutrients'
Date: Feb-20-2015A new study finds women with MS may have lower levels of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients, though it is unclear whether this a cause or result of the condition.
New genes discovered associated with asthma and allergies
Date: Feb-20-2015Researchers have identified over 30 new genes that give people a predisposition towards asthma and allergies. These genes may provide new targets for these conditions.
Cancer advances 'have benefited younger people more'
Date: Feb-20-2015Despite advances in cancer care, older people's survival rates did not improve as much as younger people's from 1990 to 2010 in the US.
Three-parent IVF: the benefits and the risks
Date: Feb-19-2015Mitochondrial donation is likely to pass into UK law after MPs voted in favor of the procedure earlier this month. We look at the potential pros and cons of the technique.
Global obesity response is 'unacceptably slow,' according to experts
Date: Feb-19-2015Improved training of health care professionals, tightened regulations and more healthy food programs are needed to counter growing obesity and an aggressive food industry.
Clue found for older mothers' birth defect risk
Date: Feb-19-2015Researchers believe they are closer to understanding why older mothers are at an increased risk of giving birth to babies with certain genetic disorders.
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