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Researchers break blood-brain barrier with new ultrasound treatment
Posted in Medicine on 9th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
A non-invasive way to deliver medication into the brain, opening the door to better treatments for tumours, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Long-term aerobic exercise can prevent age-related brain deterioration
Posted in Medicine on 1st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Brains of mice shows that structural deterioration associated with old age can be prevented by aerobic exercise starting in mid-life.
Nobel-winning drug 'tackles malaria'
Posted in Medicine on 29th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
A parasitic-worm-killing drug, whose discovery won the Nobel prize, may also cut cases of malaria, say researchers.
Drug-resistant malaria can infect African mosquitoes
Posted in Medicine on 21st Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The scientists say the consequences of this would be dire, putting millions of lives at risk.
2015's Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Breakthroughs in Fighting Malaria and Parasites
Posted in Medicine on 5th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Two discoveries have provided a new means to combat these debilitating diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually.