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Genetics in the Himalayas

What are the mechanisms that allow us to adapt to extreme altitude and lack of oxygen?

16/06/2017

World News

Suicide rate is highest in Europe: UN health agency report

The highest suicide rate is in the WHO's European region. The lowest rate in its Eastern Mediterranean region.

18/05/2017

World News

Modern HIV drugs 'add 10 years to life expectancy' in US and Europe

Life expectancy for young adults who are HIV-positive has risen by 10 years in the United States and Europe thanks to improvements in treatments, according to…

11/05/2017

USA

'Plastic bag' artificial womb could save premature babies

Scientists have developed a pouch that mimics the environment of the womb and the functions of the placenta.

26/04/2017

World News

Talk about depression on World Health Day

The World Health Organisation invites us to use World Health Day on 7 April to talk about depression, the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.

06/04/2017

Business Planet

Lyon: a stronghold for entrepreneurship in France

Serge Rombi: “Welcome to Business Planet from ‘Now Coworking’ in Lyon.

10/03/2017

Sci-Tech

Cat gets bionic legs in landmark operation

Pooh, the cat lost his hind legs in an accident and his chances of survival were slim.

13/02/2017

Next Series

Could a 'smart mirror' replace your doctor for disease diagnosis?

When you look into a Wize Mirror, it looks back at you.

13/02/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: looking glass

This “magic mirror” has been made by European researchers It reads your face and tells you about your health A set of cameras capture possible signs of health problems Depth sensors analyse your face

13/02/2017

USA

Monkey trial raises hopes of new male contraceptive gel

After a successful trial on monkeys, a gel called Vasalgel is raising hopes that men will have another option when it comes to contraceptives.

07/02/2017

Target

3D printing for medical purposes highlighted at Dubai's 'Arab Health'

Dubai's 42nd Arab Health exhibition focuses on automation and innovation technology

03/02/2017

USA

Researchers create first viable human-animal hybrid embryo

28/01/2017

Sci-Tech

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

23/01/2017

Netherlands

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.

28/12/2016

Business Planet

The vital role of SMEs in medical research

This week’s Business Planet comes from the German city of Bonn.

28/12/2016

World News

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.

02/12/2016

World News

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.

01/12/2016

Sci-Tech

Implant provides a way out for 'locked in syndrome' sufferers

Implant provides a way out for locked in syndrome sufferers

30/11/2016

Sci-Tech

Fighting dementia with gaming

A mobile game that challenges a gamer’s spatial navigation has generated the largest-ever dementia study.

30/11/2016

United Kingdom

'Right to be frozen' ruling for UK teenager triggers concern

Is it a scientific way of cheating death?

19/11/2016