Disease – Page 7
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ResearchMilk protein could alleviate metallic taste following chemotherapy
Study indicates that a lactoferrin supplement could treat taste and smell irregularities experienced by cancer patients
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ResearchNanopore sensors make breakthrough in monitoring health and disease
Biosensor simultaneously measures metabolite biomarkers in bodily fluids
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ResearchHealthy animals mimic body odour of sick companions
Sniffer mice and chemical analysis suggest that sickness odours are contagious
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ResearchHepatitis C drug lead designed to target virus RNA
Gene-to-RNA-to-medicine pipeline possible thanks to technique that reveals interactions between RNA and small molecules
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ResearchGenentech antibiotic quells resistance
Modified arylomycin combines high potency with new mechanism of action
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ResearchBlood markers link firefighters' lung disease to WTC attacks
Firefighters who developed lung disease after responding to 11 September attacks in New York connected to specific metabolic profile
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PodcastThe Beautiful Cure by Daniel Davis – Book club
Immunologist Daniel Davis reveals the complexities of the human immune system
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ReviewThe Beautiful Cure: Harnessing your body's natural defences
The human body’s response to disease is fiendishly complex but endlessly fascinating
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PodcastCannabidiol
The story of Charlotte Figi, Dravet syndrome and the cannabis compound controlling her condition
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PodcastUnthinkable by Helen Thomson – Book club
Helen Thomson looks at some of the rarest neurological conditions known to science
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NewsWHO gears up to solve the world’s antivenom crisis
Clinical trials planned to take on scourge of substandard, untested medicines
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NewsVaccines central to efforts to head off latest Ebola outbreak
Ring vaccination strategy could halt disease in its tracks provided health systems can cope
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PodcastCalcium hypochlorite
A component of 'trench atmosphere' and ‘the most powerful antiseptic known’, Mike Freemantle explores calcium hypochlorite and the birth of a chemical dynasty
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NewsProblems of an ageing population addressed by extra UK funding
£300 million from fund will go towards research on dementia and personalised medicine
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ResearchSoil search unearths new class of antibiotics
Malacidins have a novel mode of action and can kill MRSA
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BusinessDementia slips down pharma agenda
Pfizer, Shire, Acorda and Axovant rethink their neuroscience strategies
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ResearchFood additive may have given deadly bacterium its chance
Trehalose sugar offers competitive advantage to virulent strains of gut bacterium C. difficile