Medical breakthrough
Vitamin C can succeed where anti-enzymes fail: Bijon Kumar Sil
Sil opined that an adult should take 250 to 400 milligrams of vitamin C and for ailing individuals, the amount should be as high as one to three grams per day
Experimental Alzheimer's drug hailed as breakthrough, side-effects in focus
An experimental Alzheimer's disease drug from Eisai (4523.T) and Biogen (BIIB.O) slowed cognitive decline in a closely watched trial but may carry a risk of dangerous side effects for certain patients, according to new data presented on Tuesday.
US woman becomes 3rd person cured of HIV
A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes Aids, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Man gets successful implant of pig heart in world’s first
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a human patient, a first of its kind procedure, the University of Maryland Medical School said Monday.
Pig kidney transplant in human successful in US
For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.
No application submitted for OxyJet performance trial: DGDA
Directorate General of Drug Administration has said they received no application for approval of the performance trial of OxyJet CPAP, invented by a team of Biomedical Engineering Department at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
Artificial intelligence improves wrist fracture detection
Missed fractures are a common category of diagnostic errors and can cause malunion, osteonecrosis, and arthritis, with consequent
Paralysed patients able to walk following epidural stimulation
Two recent separate studies report successes with epidural electrical stimulation in helping paralysed patients regain the ability to walk.
Study quantifies faulty gene's role in ovary cancer risk
Women who carry an inherited fault in the BRIP1 gene are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than those without it, researchers say.
First 'in womb' stem cell trial to begin
The first clinical trial injecting foetal stem cells into babies still in the womb has been announced.
'Good bacteria' key to stopping asthma
Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent asthma developing, say Canadian scientists.
Italian-Chinese medical team to perform first head transplant
An Italian-Chinese medical team plans to perform the world's first head transplant in China, amid concerns over medical ethics in the country.
Turning cancer back into healthy tissue
Scientists believe to have found a way to turn cancerous cells back into healthy tissue.
A novel insulin analogue for treating Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes is a progressive disease which only can be compared with atom bomb which should be defused within time. Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly
Cuba stamps out mother-to-child HIV
Cuba successfully eliminates mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
Lung cancer therapy is milestone
A lung cancer therapy can more than double life expectancy in some patients, a "milestone" trial shows, reports BBC.
First natural birth for diabetic woman with artificial pancreas
A diabetic woman has become the first in the world to give birth naturally after using an artificial pancreas while pregnant, reports BBC.
Another step forward towards saving children
Bangladesh has introduced the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in their Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI). It was
