Carenity

Is Komodo dragon blood the key to new antibiotics?

13 Apr 2017 • 1 comment

Komodo dragon blood contains an important compound which scientists think could offer a new treatment for infected wounds.The reptile's saliva harbours many different types of bacteria, which somehow...

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Parkinson's disease

Brain cell therapy 'promising' for Parkinson's disease

12 Apr 2017 • 1 comment

Scientists believe they have found a way to treat and perhaps reverse Parkinson's disease, by making replacement cells to mend the damaged brain.They say human brain cells can be coaxed to take over...

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Legumes may lower risk of type 2 diabetes

3 Apr 2017

New research shows that a high consumption of legumes significantly reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The legume family consists of plants such as alfalfa, clover, peas, peanuts,...

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Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis: Novel immunotherapy reverses paralysis in mice

3 Apr 2017

Researchers may be one step closer to developing new treatments for multiple sclerosis, after discovering a way to tame the erratic immune response that triggers the disease and reverse paralysis in...

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First Humira biosimilar approved in Europe

27 Mar 2017 • 7 comments

Amgen has won European approval for its first biosimilar, a version of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab).The European Commission has approved Amgevita (biosimilar adalimumab) in all the available...

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B vitamins may have 'protective effect' against air pollution

21 Mar 2017

B vitamins may offer some protection against the impacts of air pollution, a small scale human trial suggests.Researchers in the US found that high doses of these supplements may "completely offset"...

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'Huge advance' in fighting world's biggest killer

21 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

An innovative new drug can prevent heart attacks and strokes by cutting bad cholesterol to unprecedented levels, say doctors.The results of the large international trial on 27,000 patients means the...

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How does the immune system know friend from foe in gut bacteria?

15 Mar 2017 • 2 comments

In order to maintain health, the human immune system must distinguish between friend, or the tissues of the human body, and foe, or the invasive pathogens that cause disease. This challenge is...

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Healthy carrot cake, low in sugar

9 Mar 2017 • 4 comments

In the kitchen: read the "Healthy carrot cake, low in sugar" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Breast cancer

Don't be afraid to ask questions about cancer

7 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

Hi Maddoglady, could you please tell us something about yourself? My name is Kathy Wright I’m 55 years old, married with no kids (from choice!) and live a few miles outside Redditch in...

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COPD

The impact of COPD on everyday life

7 Mar 2017

Hello Katieoxo22, can you please tell us a little about yourself? I am 68, a widow with grown up children and grandchildren, a member of two groups of older people and also on their committees,...

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Asthma

Protein HMGB1 may be the key to better asthma treatment

7 Mar 2017 • 2 comments

A new study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, investigates a potential new approach to designing drugs for the treatment of asthma. Better interventions could be on the...

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