All Health articles – Page 4
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News
Repercussions of Bhopal disaster found to echo on down through generations
Women pregnant in the city at the time of deadly accident gave birth to children who have higher risk of cancer
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Research
AI can suggest Covid-19 antivirals from protein sequence alone
IBM model can also find molecules that bind at different sites on target proteins
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Research
Lateral flow HPV test could increase detection rates in resource-poor settings
Low-cost assay works uses self-collected samples and gives results within 45 minutes
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News
Cancer research charity to ‘reluctantly’ close after 22 years
UK’s National Cancer Research Institute to shut its doors
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Opinion
Bringing drug manufacturing back home
Pharmaceutical supply chains are international, complex and opaque. Is there a better way?
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Feature
Making replacement organs
From iron lungs to smartphone-controlled insulin pumps, Clare Sansom looks at the efforts to create artificial organs
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Research
Gene therapy jab offers cheap and safe way to sterilise stray cats
Treatment could help to tackle populations of feral cats that threaten wildlife
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Research
Twisted carbon nanotubes make ideal replacements for damaged ligaments
Rabbits and sheep can still walk and jump normally after transplantation of synthetic ligaments
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Business
The diabetes drugs aiming to aid weight loss
Can peptide hormone mimics avoid the side effect pitfalls of previous weight loss treatments?
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Opinion
Catalysing the clean-up of methamphetamine
Closing a meth lab is just the first step towards making it safe
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Business
US supreme court confirms Amgen’s cholesterol antibody patents invalid
Decision could mean patent descriptions need to be even more detailed, and hence expensive
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Research
Risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis doubled by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure
Study examined link between PAHs, phthalates, plasticisers and smoking and the condition
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Opinion
The long and short of telomere rejuvenation
Telomerase is unlikely to be a straightforward elixir of youth
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Research
Single crystal solar material outperforms commercial x-ray detectors
Bismuth compound could reduce patients’ radiation exposure from repeat x-rays
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News
Industry awaits decision on BPA as EU health bodies disagree on safe levels
European Food Safety Authority recommends 20,000-fold reduction in BPA levels
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Research
Graphene ‘tattoo’ pacemaker that wraps around the heart is thinnest yet
First cardiac implant made from graphene can sense arrythmias in rodents and deliver electrical stimulation to restore normal heartbeat
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Opinion
Will a court overturn abortion drug’s approval?
Tangle between regulation and politics makes uncomfortable viewing from industry
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Business
Ghana and Nigeria approve Oxford malaria vaccine
Approval comes before final-stage clinical trials have been completed
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Business
J&J proposes to pay nearly $9 billion to settle talc lawsuits
Company re-files for bankruptcy of a subsidiary in the hopes of resolving tens of thousands of claims its products caused cancer
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Research
Biocompatible battery starves cancer cells of oxygen
Implantable self-charging battery creates hypoxic conditions to help kill tumour cells