Medical research
Researchers create first viable human-animal hybrid embryo
Scientists have created the first human-animal hybrids in a major breakthrough which could address a critical shortage of donor organs. A team of
A transplant operation of cartilage from the nose could bring help to people who suffer knee problems
Swiss doctors have reported that cartilage cells harvested from patients’ own noses have been used to successfully produce cartilage transplants for the treatment of the knees of 10 adults with damage
Sperm mix up possible, Dutch fertility centre warns
Twenty-six women receiving a specialised fertilisation treatment in Utrecht may have been fertilised using sperm from the wrong donor.
The vital role of SMEs in medical research
This week’s Business Planet comes from the German city of Bonn.
5-year old born without fingers given Batman-styled prosthetic hand
A 3D-printed, Batman-styled prosthesis gives Hungarian boy a new outlook on life
Australian students recreate Martin Shkreli price-hike drug
The man who became a global figure of greed after hiking the price of a life-saving drug by 5000 percent in the US, may have just met his match.
Fresh hope of a "functional cure" for HIV
The surprising results have come from a US study in monkeys involving an antibody used to treat Crohn's disease.
Implant provides a way out for 'locked in syndrome' sufferers
Implant provides a way out for locked in syndrome sufferers
Fighting dementia with gaming
A mobile game that challenges a gamer’s spatial navigation has generated the largest-ever dementia study.
'Right to be frozen' ruling for UK teenager triggers concern
Is it a scientific way of cheating death?
Life & Death: what the stats say about you
Advances in medicine and better awareness about lifestyle choices mean Europeans are living longer than ever.
Brain implant allows paralysed monkey to walk
It’s being hailed as a major medical breakthrough: partially-paralysed monkeys have learned to walk again thanks to a brain implant that uses wireless signals to bypass broken nerves in the spinal cor
Piecing together the gender jigsaw of autism
Scientists in the US are seeking to enroll hundreds of families with autistic sons but unaffected daughters in a study looking for genetic clues and protective…
Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices
People with schizophrenia are volunteering for a European research project to help the control and perhaps even silence the tormenting voices in their heads by confronting a computer avatar of…
New ray of hope for premature babies
A Milan hospital is testing new optical technology to monitor the flow of oxygen in the brain of premature babies.
Takeaway: new hope for premature babies
First days in life can be hard Premature babies are under close monitoring but doctors lack tools to measure oxygenation and blood flow in the brain An innovative optical instrument is being tested to
Replacing animal testing with cultured human cells
Animal testing raises sometimes violently passionate debate and opposition, but for medical research surely it is sadly unavoidable? Perhaps not for much longer if European scientists' research bears
The Nobel Prize for Medicine rewards autophagy study
Japanese Biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the first Nobel Prize of the season for Medicine.