Medicine News Stories

Patients with knee injuries have been treated using cartilage grown from their own noses, Swiss doctors announced this...

Eggs capable of being fertilised and giving rise to healthy baby mice have been produced in the culture dish using stem...

Scientists have shown that sufferers of chronic back pain report a reduction in pain when given pills they know to be...

By combining an existing HIV drug with an antibody, researchers may have found a way to eliminate the need for...

Scientists have developed a gene editing system with the potential to cure the inherited blood disorder sickle cell...

An electronic implant has enabled a spinal injury patient to experience sensations from his hand for the first time...

How cells recycle their waste, the mechanics of superconductivity and the crafting of nano-scale motors were...

New research suggests that living forever is off the cards

Bees can get emotional just like humans, a new study has shown...

A fat formerly condemned for its association with heart attacks turns out to be powerfully protective against arterial...

A genetic test that can highlight heart attack risk decades before it happens has been unveiled by an international...

Using brain implants, a pair of monkeys have reproduced some of Shakespeare's work to break a speed record for...

A new technique that makes whole rats see-through allows scientists to image intact organs, offering a bigger picture...

Researchers think they may have found a "coffee gene".

How lobsters eat poisonous jellyfish without getting stung.

Growing human noroviruses in the lab.

Empathy may make us learn faster when it comes to helping others, new research suggests.

Many people complain that going on holiday caused them to catch a cold, and now we may know why!

A plant virus spread by aphids renders tomato plants irresistible to bumblebees, which rush in to pollinate them, a...

A new chemical has been developed to treat parasitic infections responsible for three deadly tropical diseases.

A compound from fruit has been found to dissolve painful kidney stones.

Three new vaccines for Zika virus have been tested successfully in monkeys, and human trials are imminent, US...

A genetic change that rendered modern humans resistant to the effects of smoke may explain why we flourished while...

Inflammation and a build-up of fibrous tissue in the ovary as it ages is behind the drop in fertility that women...