UK’s first successful womb transplant – key questions answered Womb transplantation is an intricate procedure in which one team of surgeons removes the womb from the donor and a second team transplants it into the recipient. Author Mary Neal Reader in Law, University of Strathclyde The news that the first successful UK […]
Meet 007: The cell with a license to kill cancer, created by an Israeli startup Edity is programming the body’s own immune cells to carry therapeutics to places where treatment normally cannot reach Inside the Edity Therapaeutics lab (Edity) By MATTHEW KALMAN To protect itself against disease, the human body has […]
China created COVID-19 as a ‘bioweapon,’ Wuhan researcher claims The true origin of the pandemic, which has claimed the lives of 7 million lives worldwide, remains a subject of ongoing investigation. Photo- Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization […]
Human organs for transplant: 5 steps Africa must take to improve the supply chain The global demand for human organs for transplant has grown by 7.2% since 2015. That has surpassed supply. The average wait time for organ transplants in developed countries like the US is between two and six […]
Scientists have created embryo models from stem cells – it could help us better understand infertility and miscarriage Scientists recently announced that they have developed embryo models using just stem cells. No sperm or egg cells (oocytes) were involved. Author Roger Sturmey Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of Hull Scientists recently […]
First synthetic human embryo raises ethical issues The synthetic embryos – only days or weeks old – could help researchers study the earliest stages of human development and explain pregnancy loss. First synthetic human embryo raises ethical issues IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES By James Gallagher Health and science […]
What if China really did develop COVID as a bioweapon? Here are the issues involved A recent report by the Sunday Times claims the newspaper has seen evidence that China was developing dangerous coronaviruses in collaboration with the Chinese military for the alleged purposes of biowarfare. Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway […]
Hepatitis B is a life-threatening liver infection – our machine learning tool could help with early detection More than 296 million people worldwide live with hepatitis B, a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Authors Busayo I. Ajuwon Research Scientist, Australian National University Brett A. […]
Covid lab leak theory should not be ruled out, top Chinese scientist says Virologist George Gao also states for first time that China has investigated claim virus came from a laboratory. Photo- A computer reconstruction overlaid on an image of several SARS-CoV-2 viruses.Sai Li, Tsinghua University School of Life […]
The groundbreaking plan to map the entire human immune system The Human Immunome Project is one of the most ambitious projects in biology, and it could transform human health. Freethink By David Cox BIOLOGY HEALTHCARE After spending more than 30 years of his life fighting the AIDS crisis, Wayne Koff found […]
