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ADHD might affect up to 1 in 8 adults according to new research.

Study finds that having Botox treatment impairs your ability to read the emotions of others.

Scientists have developed a portable, low-cost, and rapid test for the Zika virus that will soon be deployed in the...

Pensioners vaccinated before 11am had up to four times the immune response compared to those in the afternoon, new...

A gene that adds two years to your appearance has been documented by scientists studying people in the Netherlands and...

Microscopic beads coated with part of the outer shell of human eggs could act as both a contraceptive and fertility...

One half of the human brain remains on alert the first time you sleep in unfamiliar surroundings...

The male hormone testosterone causes arteries to harden, explaining why heart disease is more prevalent among men...

Zika virus can damage neural stem cells and developing brain tissue in culture making it a likely cause of microcephaly...

Researchers have found that pregnant women would be prepared to take part in a gene therapy trial for the condition...

A new scaffold material for brain cell transplants to improve treatments for neurodegenerative diseases has been...

A link between air pollution exposure during pregnancy and subsequent childhood behavioural problems has been revealed...

Bowel bacteria can affect levels of artery clogging chemicals, leading to increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.

A wireless electrode device that beams brainwaves out of the head has enabled monkeys to manoeuvre wheelchairs using...

A way to pinpoint damage in blood vessels that could cause a future heart attack has been developed by UK scientists...

A technique to reprogramme immune cells to wipe out cancer has been tested successfully by scientists in America.

A 3d printer capable of building organs and tissues by printing complex arrangements of cells has been unveiled by US...

The severity of a dose of malaria can be determined by the bugs in the bowel, new research has revealed.

A drug that can block the process in the brain that leads to Alzheimer's has been uncovered by UK scientists.

London-based researchers have received permission to edit the genomes of human embryos for research purposes.

A public health emergency has been declared this week by The World Health Organisation around the outbreak of Zika...

A molecule designed using a computer modelling system protects against lethal doses of different flu strains.

Seagrasses, which evolved on land and have since migrated back into the world's oceans, might hold the key to...

A pregnant mother's immune system appears to converse chemically with a developing baby's brain, which could...