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Preliminary tests of an existing leukemia drug showed promise in helping fight a specific type of ovarian cancer. Since the drug is already approved and proven safe, this could lead to fast development and rollout of new...

Finally, an implantable material that is small in size, electrically functional and soft like body tissue! Researchers believe the newly developed material holds a lot of promise, especially in providing treatment at the...

Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world, infecting almost 10 million people each year. Treating the disease can be challenging and requires a combination of multiple antibiotics delivered ...

New parents are given Finnish cardboard boxes to help prevent cot deaths among newborn infants in the UK. The trial is aimed at lowering the high infant mortality rates.

While strokes are known to increase risk for dementia, much less is known about diseases of large and small blood vessels in the brain, separate from stroke, and how they relate to dementia. Diseased blood vessels in the...

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) There is a much disputed claim that 'injury' to the lining of the uterus -- whether inadvertent or deliberate -- increases the chance of embryo implantation and thu...

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) The number of children born to single women is increasing, partly as a result of social and legislative changes (in most jurisdictions) in the rights to parenthood....