Scientists have proved a 60-year-old theory about how nerve signals are sent around the body at varying speeds as electrical impulses.
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(Medical Xpress)—An experimental drug can improve sociability in patients with fragile X syndrome and may be helpful as a treatment for autism, according to a study.
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(Medical Xpress)—People with degenerative neurological conditions could benefit from research that shows why their brain cells stop communicating properly.
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(Medical Xpress)—Insight into how our bodies make cholesterol could lead to treatments with fewer side-effects than existing drugs.
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Health risks posed to people who work with tiny fibres used in manufacturing industries could be reduced, thanks to new research.
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Fresh insight into infection could improve scientists’ understanding of allergies and inform new treatments.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have solved an 80-year old mystery linked to an ancient but neglected tropical disease that affects more than 100 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers studying how our minds develop fears in response to danger found that people can quickly learn to recognise a threat even when they are unaware of it.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Elderly patients having gallbladder surgery may be more at risk depending on where they are treated.
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Scientists have discovered a new gene in the influenza virus that helps the virus control the body's response to infection.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Infections from certain parasites can compromise the immune system, leaving it less able to fight other diseases.
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A new type of male contraceptive could be created thanks to the discovery of a key gene essential for sperm development.
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Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life, new research funded by the charity Age UK has found.
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Genes play a greater role in forming character traits than was previously thought, new research suggests.
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Hospitals in large cities act as breeding grounds for the superbug MRSA prior to it spreading to smaller hospitals, a study suggests.
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