Month: October 2008

The anti-cancer drug gleevec holds out promise to become the first effective treatment for neurofibromatosis,…

More than 35 million people in Bangladesh, around a quarter of its population, face acute…

New research sheds light on how an antimalarial drug may prevent the onset of diabetes…

The Phoenicians gave the world the alphabet and a love of the color purple, and…

Changing traditional white-light lighting to blue-enriched white light helped office workers stay more alert and…

Scientists believe the barely observed Aurora Subglacial Basin, which lies in East Antarctica, could represent…

Patients 80 years and older who are in overall good health are perfectly able to…

Taking up bowling or tennis is an excellent way to stay fit. But if you’re…

Researchers have discovered a novel way in which breast cancer cells become resistant to tamoxifen,…