Archive: 08/06/2017

Kidney graft success—does age and sex matter?

The success of kidney transplant is dependent on the age and sex of both the donor and the recipient, according to research published today in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The study, which was a collaboration ...

Jun 8, 2017

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Gene therapy leads to long-term benefits in dog model of devastating childhood disease

Researchers who previously showed that a gene therapy treatment could save the lives of dogs with a deadly disease called myotubular myopathy—a type of muscular dystrophy that affects the skeletal muscles—have found that ...

Jun 8, 2017

Ever thought a loved one was an imposter? That's the Capgras delusion

Consider what it would be like to wake up one morning to find that a person who has been part of your life for years has been "abducted". If that wasn't bad enough, an impostor who looks just like your loved one has taken ...

Jun 8, 2017

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Engineering a new cancer detection tool

Studying the food poisoning bacteria E. coli may have led scientists to discover a new and improved tool to detect cancer.

Jun 8, 2017

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Review of appendix cancer cases finds over diagnosis

Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers in a paper published June 7 in the journal PLOS ONE.

Jun 8, 2017

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Opinion: It's not always wrong to pay people for their organs

There aren't enough organs to go around and many people die waiting for transplants. As a result, a black market in organs has sprung up. A recent raid in Pakistan exposed a gang of doctors and agents who had been illegally ...

Jun 8, 2017

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Improving the cost effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions in South Africa

An international African collaboration has turned to statistical analysis to determine the cost effectiveness of major HIV/AIDS interventions in South Africa with a view to advising policy makers on the optimal approach to ...

Jun 8, 2017