Category: Science and Research

A new study has identified a specific genetic vulnerability among Hmong people that renders them…

In today’s Daily Brief: achieving zero hunger an “immense challenge”, with numbers of hungry rising;…

Proper nutrition for newborn babies into early childhood is key to development and good health in…

As the Food and Drug Administration grapples with rising pressure to approve new medicines more…

LOS ANGELES — Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test…

Laurent Audoly, CEO and president of Kymera Therapeutics, left the Cambridge, Mass., biotech late last…

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a sweeping health policy platform that includes some…

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…

The Biden Cancer Initiative, the nonprofit former Vice President Joe Biden started two years ago…

The largest study to date of a “cancer vaccine” plus one of the immunotherapy drugs…

Daniel O’Day was made CEO of Gilead Sciences four-and-a-half months ago, charged with reigniting investor…

More than one in 10 children – almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, the UN said on Monday, citing obstacles including conflict,…

The UK conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Durex and Lysol, will pay $1.4bn (£1.1bn; €1.2bn)…

The quantum logic clock — perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you…

One of the most commonly performed surgeries to treat stress urinary incontinence in women may…

A new study says that the tropical forests of Western Equatorial Africa (WEA) — which…

Just 10 minutes of interacting with cats and dogs produced a significant reduction in students’…

New research suggest that regions of the Martian surface could be made habitable with a…

Vector-borne diseases — caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria transmitted by insects and animals —…

Small-scale farmers are posing serious threats to biodiversity in northeastern Peru — and the problem…

In spite of increasing demand, the number of newly developed drugs decreased continuously in the…

Researchers find that the absorption of water vapor within industrial heat recycling devices is directly…

Non-native parrots can cause substantial agricultural damage and threaten native biodiversity. While substantial evidence of…

Want to smooth out your wrinkles, erase scars and sunspots, and look years younger? Millions…

This new study correlates a proinflamatory diet with the risk of developing colorectal cancer among…

A new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals and…

Researchers have pioneered a novel, dynamic, reprogrammable material — by using green LED light and,…

The chemical process by which bacteria break down algae into an energy source for the…

A new article details how small samples of ubiquitous building materials, such as tile or…

Researchers presented a new strategy for extending sodium ion batteries’ cyclability using copper sulfide as…

When a group of our neurons get activated by thinking hard about a math problem…

Effective therapies exist for managing relapsing/remitting MS, but treatment for progressive MS has proved more…

Researchers have developed a new computer model for calculating the water content of snowpacks, providing…

Researchers using climate data from before and after the Industrial Revolution found that in regions…

Life depends on double-stranded DNA unwinding and separating into single strands that can be copied…

Babies whose mothers underwent surgery before pregnancy have an increased risk of opioid withdrawal symptoms…

Scientists have developed a new method of determining gene function in a breakthrough that could…

A new reusable device can help women with breast cancer in lower income countries by…

Researchers surveyed more than 18,000 adults enrolled in the commercial weight management program WW International,…

The new government funding for rest facilities should not be labelled as only for the…

I disagree with Hawkes—a review of UK hospital food services is justified if high risk…

AbstractPre-eclampsia is a common disorder that particularly affects first pregnancies. The clinical presentation is highly…

Occupational health and general practice have many common threads, because they are both about people…

By improving clinical awareness of the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment of carbon monoxide (CO)…

bmj;366/jul15_5/l4668/FAF1faThe son of antismoking GP Lennox Johnston, Ivor Norman Lennox Johnston attended Wallasey Grammar School…

bmj;366/jul15_4/l4677/FAF1faHenry Ernest Thomas Korn (“Tom”) was the only son of medical parents who fled Nazi…

bmj;366/jul15_3/l4667/FAF1faJohn Baker joined his mother in the family practice after his father died. After a…

bmj;366/jul15_2/l4681/FAF1faIt is with great sadness that we write of the recent passing of a brilliant…

bmj;366/jul15_1/l4679/FAF1faWilliam Charles Donald Lovett (“Donald”) was born in Ystradowen in the Vale of Glamorgan, the…

The first photo ever of quantum entanglement will lead to great things in our understanding…