Two new PET radiotracers have outperformed the only currently Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved radiotracer for ...

Traditional approaches to prostate cancer screening involve blood tests, MRI, and biopsies. However, in addition to being uncomfortable, some of these procedures result in overdiagnosis of low-grade ...

This is according to the results from a phase II clinical trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. “Nearly all premalignant cervical ...

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can develop following traumatic brain injury. Led by researchers at ...

After treating a tumour with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, cells known as senescent cells can appear. These are cells that do not divide, are involved in the ageing process and are resistant to cell ...

Around 6,000 heart attacks in the UK have been avoided in the past decade thanks to the introduction of a routine heart scan to investigate chest pain, a study says. A 10-year trial found that the ...

The brain attempts to repair damage following a stroke using its own repair cells, acting like small craftsmen. However, their work is often hindered by inflammation. This is shown by new research ...

A team from the University of Geneva UNIGE-HUG Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, MSF, MSF Epicentre, Johns Hopkins University and South Sudanese Ministry of Health has demonstrated the effectiveness ...

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the University of Connecticut's (UConn) School of Medicine report ...

The University of Strathclyde has been awarded £100,000 to fund a PhD studentship to help develop a human ‘stroke-on-a-chip’ model to replace animal testing in research. If successful, the innovative ...

Advances in technology have made it increasingly easier for people to self-monitor their heart health whether it’s via a smart device on their wrist or finger or a blood pressure monitor. However, a ...

Researchers following nearly 1,000 people with post-Covid-19 syndrome found few changes to their symptoms in the second year of illness Two-thirds of people with post-Covid-19 syndrome have persistent ...