Spider venom may offer stroke therapy
A protein in spider venom may help protect the brain from injury after a stroke, according to research. Scientists found a single dose of the protein Hi1a worked on lab rats. They said it showed...
Doctor admits misleading over Ebola
A doctor has admitted she misled other medics about the health of a colleague returning to the UK from West Africa with Ebola in 2014. Dr Hannah Ryan told a disciplinary hearing she had been in a...
Sperm swimming technique ‘all down to simple maths’
How an individual sperm swims, against all the odds, through fluid to reach the fallopian tubes has been revealed – and it’s all about rhythm. Researchers from the UK and Japan found...
B vitamins may have ‘protective effect’ against air pollution
B vitamins may offer some protection against the impacts of air pollution, a small scale human trial suggests. Researchers in the US found that high doses of these supplements may “completely...
New drug for one in five breast cancers
Many more women could be helped by a new type of breast cancer drug, say experts Biological therapies are currently only available as part of clinical trials, but hold great promise Experts estimate...
Paralysis inspires MS discovery
“I had a dead leg one Sunday morning and it progressed to full paralysis within two hours,” says Dr Denise Fitzgerald, from Queen’s University Belfast. She was only 21 at the time,...
Can sweat patches revolutionise diabetes?
Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just one millionth of a litre of sweat to do the...
A bumpy 24 hours for Trump-backed health bill
Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled their long-awaited draft healthcare bill on Monday night, amid hopes this was the first step on a road to keeping a key election promise....
