Washington, Nov 5 : A new study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins has evidence which shows why the supposedly natural act of aging is by itself a very potent risk factor for life-threatenin

Washington, Nov 5 : An international team of scientists has mapped the genetic changes underlying lung cancer and discovered a gene that plays a critical role in spreading the disease.

London, November 5 : Scientists in the US have found that inheriting two genetic mutations, which can individually led to epilepsy, may indeed prevent seizures.

“In the genetics of the brain, two wrongs can make a right,” said Nature Neurology quoted Dr. Jeffrey L. Noebels, a professor at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), as saying.

“We believe these findings have great significance to clinicians as we move toward relying upon genes to predict neurological disease,” he added.

The researchers say that their finding may lead to new ways for treating epilepsy using gene-directed therapy.

London, Nov 4 : A new health survey has revealed that there is a growing concern among the British public about falling standards in the National Health Service (NHS).

Washington, Nov 4 : A new study has revealed that living kidney donors show no increase in their risk of heart attacks or other cardiovascular events in the years after donation.

London, Nov 4 :  Researchers at the Institute for Animal Health are developing new drugs, called virulence-blocking agents, that will help fight superbug bacteria by neutralising the poisons they p