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New immunotherapy cancer drug hailed as 'game changer'

Posted in Medicine on 10th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

An immunotherapy drug has been described as a potential "game-changer" in promising results presented at the European Cancer Congress.

Blood markers peel back the curtain on a stealthy form of liver disease

Posted in Science on 8th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

A set of proteins 'were significantly more common' in samples taken from patients with NASH, than those without the liver disease.

A Revolution in Heart Surgery: Scientists Create Artificial Blood Vessels That Grow Normally

Posted in Medicine on 1st Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researcher have successfully created artificial blood vessels that will grow and expand as their host grows, like regular blood vessels.

MS breakthrough: Replacing diseased immune system halts progression, allows repair

Posted in Medicine on 30th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

"Our trial is the first to show the complete, long-term suppression of all inflammatory activity in people with MS,"

Nanoparticles that speed blood clotting may someday save lives

Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed nanoparticles that congregate wherever injury occurs in the body to help it form blood clots, and they've validated these particles in vivo.