All Health articles – Page 26
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Business
US approves first RNA interference drug
Alnylam’s Onpattro (patisiran) can treat a rare hereditary disease by silencing a specific gene
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Research
Bismuth drugs kill bacteria by disrupting metabolism
Scientists throw kitchen sink of omics techniques at understanding complicated response of prevalent human pathogen to bismuth drug
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News
EPA move could bring asbestos back in America
Health advocates fret at US environment agency’s proposal to make ‘new uses’ of asbestos-containing products legal, but EPA says not to worry
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Podcast
Book Club – The Beautiful Cure
Immunologist Daniel Davis reveals the complexities of the human immune system
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Review
The 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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Research
MOF detox could save aspirin overdose patients
Detoxifying metal–organic framework removes dangerous doses of salicylic acid from rats’ guts
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Research
AI tool could save on animal tests
Algorithm could also help unravel poisoning or environmental contamination cases
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Business
J&J hit with bill for $4.7 billion in damages over talcum powder cancer link
Pharmaceutical and consumer goods giant loses another talc court case to 22 ovarian cancer patients
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Podcast
Cannabidiol
The story of Charlotte Figi, Dravet syndrome and the cannabis compound controlling her condition
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News
Large scale experiment probes chemistry inside our homes
Dozens of analytical instruments have spent a month observing the chemistry of the air inside a three bed house
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Podcast
Book Club – Unthinkable
Helen Thomson looks at some of the rarest neurological conditions known to science
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Business
J&J and the question of shadow research
Former academic researcher who found that talc is not carcinogenic admits that J&J funded his work, but says that fact is immaterial
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Review
Unthinkable: an extraordinary journey through the world’s strangest brains
A book that tells the stories of people who experience reality in extraordinary ways
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News
WHO gears up to solve the world’s antivenom crisis
Clinical trials planned to take on scourge of substandard, untested medicines
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Business
Gene therapy gathers pace
Sarah Houlton charts the evolution, challenges and opportunities of cell and gene therapy