Health
The Nobel in medicine is going to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, has decided to award the Nobel Prize in medicine for 2009 to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak 'for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase'... — full story
A new type of stem cells found in prostate may be involved in cancer
— 9 September 17:00A new type of stem cell found in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Centre... — full story
Study reveals new genetic culprit in deadly skin cancer
— 30 August 17:00Drawing on the power of DNA sequencing, National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a new group of genetic mutations involved in the deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma.... — full story
New technique could eliminate inherited mitochondrial disease
— 26 August 17:00Researchers have developed an experimental technique with the potential to prevent a class of hereditary disorders passed on from mother to child. The technique, as yet conducted only... — full story
Researchers find target for pulmonary fibrosis
— 23 August 17:00A diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is not much better than a death sentence: there is no treatment and the survival rate is less than three years. But researchers at the University... — full story
How diarrhoeal bacteria cause some colon cancers
— 23 August 17:00Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhoea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common... — full story
Inherited risk factors increase odds of developing childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
— 16 August 17:00Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified inherited variations in two genes that account for 37 percent of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), including... — full story
Researchers find target for pulmonary fibrosis
— 23 August 17:00A diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is not much better than a death sentence: there is no treatment and the survival rate is less than three years. But researchers at the University... — full story