Children in the UK who were conceived from donated sperm and eggs will be able to find out limited
information on their genetic parents
Take a desktop printer, wash out its ink cartridge, refill it with a suspension of cells, and what do you get? The answer, according to Vladimir Mironov and Thomas Boland, is a breakthrough in tissue engineering. They have successfully produced three-dimensional tubes of living tissue using just such a technique. Their work is a first step towards printing complex tissues or even entire replacement organs
Anti-abortion groups continue to wage a battle against RU-486, the abortion pill. And, according to a new University of Oregon study, their tactics appear to be working
Geneticist Giorgio Casari and neuroscientist Roberto Marconi of Milan’s San Raffaele Institute have discovered a gene linked to severe migraines, a finding they say could pave the way to banishing not only migraines but everyday headaches as well
Scientists have announced they had devised an instant test for detecting the plague, providing a powerful weapon in the fight against bioterrorism and for combating the disease in poor countries where it remains a peril
Despite the benefits of modern medical technology, new evidence suggests that doctors should sometimes cede to the authority of the earth’s original healer, Mother Nature. A new study describes the benefits of using maggots to treat stubborn wounds that refuse to heal as a result of infection or other problems. Maggots digest dead tissue and destroy bacteria
Does abortion lead to breast cancer? Does condom use lead to increased sexual activity? According to the government, the answer is now inconclusive, as they blindly alter low-level scientific conclusions to satisfy conservatives
Psychologists at the University of Sussex found that people who get involved in campaigns, strikes and political demonstrations experience an improvement in psychological well-being that can help them overcome stress, pain, anxiety and depression
Data recorders in aeroplanes, the so-called black boxes, describe what went wrong after a disaster. Now, medical devices are emerging to act like a black box in the human body, except they’re being used to prevent disaster
Chinese and French scientists say they have developed a new approach to treating the equivalent of HIV in monkeys
It took an airport metal detector to give a Canadian woman a clue to why she was suffering from persistent stomach aches four months after having abdominal surgery
Software meant to protect young people from the seamier side of the Internet may also be blocking important health information
A team of dermatologists think they’ve found a way of attaching skin grafts without the scarring and swelling that existing methods can cause. A new laser-activated glue that as well as treating skin burns, could one day be used to seamlessly join other tissues or seal blood vessels
A New York meat processing company is recalling hundreds of thousands of pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with potentially deadly E coli bacteria. A ridiculous situation as the beef would have been consumed long before the recall was issued
Millions of people world-wide may have worse eyesight and even be more likely to go blind because of a long-held but misguided idea about how to correct short-sightedness. A study intended to confirm the theory has instead been stopped because the children’s eyesight was getting worse
Eye specialists are closer than ever to developing a bionic eye to restore sight for those blinded by retinal disease
A new study, co-authored Professor Garth Nicholson, has found motor neurone disease is triggered by a sudden loss of nerve cells
In addition to the much trumpeted $100 million Bill Gates has donated to India’s fight against HIV, he’s funding the Microsoft jihad against Linux to the far more impressive tune of $421 million
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled that the government cannot revoke doctors’ prescription licenses for recommending marijuana to sick patients
The dog-only bloodmobile is the only one of its kind in the country, officials at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine believe. The white bus travels to blood drives organised by breeders, dog clubs, veterinarians and others in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland to collect blood for its well known veterinary hospital
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