Medical News

(Imperial College London) A simple $20 blood test could help diagnose thousands of patients with hepatitis B in need of treatment in some of Africa's poorest regions.

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Important steps in the development of an artificial ovary have been successfully completed by one of the world's leading groups in fertility preservation. Researche...

(ANRS) An estimated 75,000 people in France are unaware they are infected by hepatitis C virus. An ANRS-funded study by Sylvie Deuffic-Burban, a research associate at IAME (Inserm - Université Paris Diderot - Universit�...

(CSIRO Australia) Australia's national science agency CSIRO has identified a new gene that plays a critical role in regulating the body's immune response to infection and disease.

(University of Bath) New studies suggest mindfulness-based CBT could significantly help tinnitus sufferers.

(Tohoku University) Researchers from Japan's Tohoku University and colleagues have found that a simple DNA test can predict if East Asian patients are likely to have bad reactions to thiopurine medications.