A recent study has found that Asthmaticus patients are taking better control of their own medication, which has resulted in a significant drop in intensive care admissions.

The study was conducted by doctors at San Antonio intensive care unit, US, who reviewed 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in the hospital. Read the rest of this entry »

Designers and scientists have teamed up to create a fashionable hooded bodysuit embedded at the molecular level with insecticides designed to combat malaria.

Sandy Mattei models the bodysuit. Credit: Mark Vorreuter

A scientist from Cornell University and an African designer teamed up on the project which is hoped to ward off mosquitoes infected with malaria.

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A new imaging device is being developed by researchers in the Netherlands which could help fight against breast cancer.

X-ray mammography is what is usually used to detect breast cancer, but has been found to have certain drawbacks, such as giving false positive and negative results, as well as exposing women to low doses of ionizing radiation, which – while accepted as safe, still carry some risk.

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Researchers believe they have found a way to develop a universal flu vaccine which could eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations.

Seasonal influenza causes serious illness to three to five million people a year, and can also lead to between 200,000 and 500,000 deaths.

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A team of researchers in the US have developed a technique whereby genetically modified stem cells are used to shield healthy bone marrow from the damaging effects of chemotherapy.

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