Unlike its viral cousins hepatitis A and B, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has eluded the…
Category: Science
Older women taking statins face higher risk of diabetes
Women over 75 faced a 33 percent higher chance of developing diabetes if they were…
New method for producing leading anti-malarial drug
Researchers have devised a new way of creating a drug commonly used as the first…
When the sea ice melts, juvenile polar cod may go hungry
Polar cod fulfil a key role in the Arctic food web, as they are a…
Researchers decipher how the body controls stem cells
Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can develop into any type of cell in the…
An epidemic of epipens
Prescriptions of adrenaline autoinjectors (commonly called ‘epipens’) for children with allergies have increased markedly in…
Emotional intelligence helps make better doctors
A study found that pediatric residents had a median score of 110 on an emotional…
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent preterm births
A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a history of delivering babies early provides…
Imaging at the speed of light
Over the past few years, researchers have used lasers to manipulate the properties of target…
World’s oldest plant-like fossils show multicellular life appeared earlier than thought
Scientists have found fossils of 1.6 billion-year-old probable red algae. The spectacular finds indicate that…