About 6% of people in the UK are wrongly labeled on their medical records as being allergic to penicillin, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has warned.
Oct 5, 2023
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If you recognise the words "CRISPR-mediated gene editing", then you'll know that our ability to alter DNA has recently become much more efficient, faster and cheaper.
Feb 16, 2017
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Two years ago Laetitia Defoi suffered serious health complications from a blood transfusion gone wrong.
Nov 17, 2021
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In order for the body to function, a balance is necessary between the cells that build up the bones in our skeletons and the cells that break them down. In the disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis, MIOP, the cells that ...
Sep 5, 2012
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When we think of how we fight disease, the image of cells in our immune system fending off microbial invaders often comes to mind. Another strategy our bodies can employ is to cut off the enemy's supply lines and effectively ...
Feb 6, 2015
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Science is only ever as good as the research that sits behind it.
Nov 26, 2018
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A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world's low-and-middle income countries would benefit from using iron-containing micronutrient powders to tackle childhood anaemia.
Aug 4, 2020
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Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to see a more than 200 percent increase in the number of older people living with HIV in the next 30 years, thanks to improvements in lifesaving treatment, experts said Thursday.
Oct 18, 2012
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GPs can be reluctant to refer patients with symptoms of bowel cancer for further investigations, a study by the Universities of Birmingham and Exeter has found.
Sep 22, 2017
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Most toddlers are at risk of not getting enough iron in their diets, a QUT nutritionist has warned.
Aug 8, 2014
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