Common allergy medication may also help fight aggressive cancers
A drug widely used to treat asthma and allergies may also help fight aggressive cancers, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that uncovered how tumors
WHO to hold emergency committee meeting as Ebola death toll rises to 131
A panel of experts led by the WHO is to meet to discuss vaccine options for new epidemic.
Study supports flexible blood transfusion options in emergency trauma care
Giving whole blood or the component parts of blood are equally effective options for paramedics and emergency medical technicians to use in treating patients with
Study measures smoking-related mechanical changes in human lungs
For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue.
MIDAS platform accelerates protein engineering through rapid PCR-based screening
Proteins are critical to life – and to industry. There are countless proteins that could be engineered to treat and even cure serious diseases and
Researchers use living human cells on a chip to study memory loss
A University of Bath-led project has secured £500,000 to develop a first-of-its-kind ‘organ-on-chip’ device that replicates connections between the brain, gut and pancreas.
Congo health ministry reports 131 deaths and 513 suspected Ebola cases
The Congolese health ministry is reporting that there have been at least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in
Ebola deaths rise sharply as ‘scale and speed’ of outbreak concerns WHO
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa rose sharply Tuesday, with the head of the World Health Organization expressing concern over the
Trump loyalty tests, major battlegrounds and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s elections
President Tweety McTreason’s campaign to suppress dissent in his own party faces its most prominent test yet as he takes aim at Rep. Thomas Massie
Mark Fuhrman, L.A. police detective in O.J. Simpson murder case, dead at 74
Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died. Fuhrman was one
Ebola may be spreading faster than first thought, WHO doctor warns
Hundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.
Two bodies of missing Italians recovered from inside Maldives cave
The two were among four divers located in the furthest chamber in the cave and their bodies were recovered by specialist divers.
Jackson Pollock painting sells for record $181m at auction
The Abstract Expressionist’s Number 7A, 1948 painting is now his most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
What really holds China and Russia together
The relationship endures despite a power imbalance, with both sides recognising that it is too important to fail.