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Cholesterol-lowering jab to help prevent heart disease

Posted in Medicine on 21st Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

Human trials of a cholesterol-lowering vaccine to help prevent heart disease are under way after successful studies in mice.

Aspirin 'major bleed' warning for over-75s

Posted in Medicine on 16th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

People over 75 taking daily aspirin after a stroke or heart attack are at higher risk of major - and sometimes fatal - stomach bleeds than previously thought.

Huntington's disease trial test is 'major advance'

Posted in Medicine on 11th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

The world's first blood test that predicts when someone at risk is likely to get Huntington's disease and tracks how quickly damage to the brain occurs.

Claimed benefits of blood transfusion from teenagers to those over 35

Posted in Medicine on 6th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

Instead of halting the ageing process, Karmazin says he thinks plasma transfusions actually reverse it.

Lab-grown stem cells could replace blood donations

Posted in Science on 21st May, 2017
by Alex Muller

Cancer patients could someday sidestep waiting for bone marrow transplants.