disease
Brain disease leads to new understanding of bacterial behavior
Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The finding could explain how infectious bacteria make their way to the brain and spinal cord.
Viral hepatitis 'kills as many as Aids or TB'
Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests.
'Civil war' in immune system can fight disease
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The immune system can be trained to attack itself to reverse a devastating autoimmune disease.
Gene Editing could destroy latent viruses in the human body like herpes
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Herpes viruses can be implicated in blindness, birth defects and even cancer, and as yet, we cant rid ourselves of them.
Breakthrough device can diagnose malaria in 5 seconds flat
Posted in Science on 1st Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 438,000 people died from malaria in 2015 alone, and the disease continues to spread at an alarming pace.