Two separate studies published this week have shed some light onto why some people seem to have more trouble losing weight than others. One study published on 22 August in
A new study published on August 16 in the American Journal of Psychiatry has found that pregnant women exposed to the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, are at a
A new study published on August 14 in Cell Reports has identified a new gene that may explain why elephants rarely get cancer. The LIF6 gene seems to alter the
After 20 years, US regulators have finally approved the first RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapy, announced on August 10. The drug, called patisiran, targets a rare condition associated with impaired heart
One of the major challenges with artificial limbs is the lack of something called embodiment ― the idea that prosthetics actually feel like a real limb ― mainly because bionic
A new controversial study claims that in most cases, consuming salt will not increase health risks. The study published on August 9 in The Lancet, a scientific journal, followed 94
The evolution of human cognitive abilities may have come with some disadvantages. A new study published on Aug 9 in the American Journal of Human Genetics suggests certain mental disorders
A new project has just been set in motion to build a 3D map of the Ganges River, Lou Del Bello reports in Nature News & Comment on August 7.
On July 30th, researchers in Japan announced their intention to launch a new clinical trial using neurological cells derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat Parkinson’s disease, a
In an earlier article, we saw that the prospective epidemiological studies on the health of farmers (AHS cohort in the USA, Agrican cohort in France), supposedly the most reliable ones,