Archive: 15/06/2015
New IVF technique uses signalling molecule found naturally in a mother's uterus
Couples undergoing IVF will soon benefit from the next phase a novel treatment option that cultures an embryo in an environment that closely mimics what occurs naturally in a mother during conception.
Jun 15, 2015
Norwegian screening program has markedly reduced breast cancer mortality
Under the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme, all women aged 50 to 69 are invited for mammography screening every two years. The programme was launched as a pilot project in four counties in 1995/96 and went national ...
Jun 15, 2015
Uterine transplantation: Subjects have 'adjusted well to their new life situation'
In October last year the Gothenburg, Sweden, group of Mats Brännström, announced the world's first live birth following the transplantation of a donated uterus.1 In an editorial accompanying the report, The Lancet listed ...
Jun 15, 2015
Scientists to breed ticks to study how to slow spread of diseases
To most people, ticks are loathsome, disease-riddled little bloodsuckers. Best avoided.
Jun 15, 2015
Prescription drug price battles show no sign of letting up
The decision this week by experts at the Food and Drug Administration to endorse a pair of medicines aimed at combating heart disease brought on the latest round of hand-wringing over prescription drug costs.
Jun 15, 2015
'Excessive' public alarm as S. Korea reports 16th MERS death (Update)
South Korea Monday reported its 16th death in an expanding MERS outbreak, as President Park Geun-Hye called for efforts to shore up the economy against what she called "excessive" public alarm.
Jun 15, 2015