World news about “Medical research” published by euronews.
Patients benefit from day-night lighting Sleep is vital to our health and to the healing process. At this hospital in the Netherlands a new system of lighting is being trialled to help patients sleep… 01/02/2012
Japanese scientists discover flu clue This is the world’s first 3D look at the inside of the flu virus. The pictures were produced by a team of scientists at the Univeristy of Tokyo in Japan. 26/01/2012
Drug resistant bacteria found in Antarctic It had been thought the Antarctic was the one place left on earth where drug-resistant bacteria were not present. The pristine Arctic had already been… 25/01/2012
Depression researchers pinpoint brain anomaly Scientists in London believe certain parts of the brain shrink when patients are suffering from depression. Work at the Biomedical Research Centre for… 18/01/2012
The diabetes puzzle An insulin syringe has become a vital part of life for a growing number of people, but why is the incidence of diabetes increasing? And how can children be… 11/01/2012
Over-hygienic parents could be cause of diabetes Insulin-dependent diabetes is on the rise all around the world, but the cause of this disease remains unclear. There is a theory, however, that kids need a… 11/01/2012
Dyslexia font: a step in the write direction Learning to read, write and spell are generally difficult for children who suffer from dyslexia. Letters that look similar can get confused and jumbled up in… 05/01/2012
Nanotechnology to combat diabetes All over the world scientists are using nanotechnology to create new treatments for diabetes. For years, researchers and patients have been dreaming of an… 03/01/2012
Quantel eyes the future of lasers Lasers are everywhere – from laptops to satellites, they are a vital part of modern life. The power and compact nature of fibre lasers means they are great… 16/12/2011
A dark chocolate a day keeps the doctor away Not only does it taste delicious but eating dark chocolate is positively good for you. It has long been linked to lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of… 15/12/2011
A fresh approach to diagnosis A few tiny spots could revolutionize the way doctors test for and diagnose a range of health problems. Researchers at Swansea University, in the UK, have… 14/12/2011
HIV kittens, progress and ignorance HIV experts around the world are increasingly optimistic that progress is being made against the virus. As in all of subsaharan Africa, the AIDS infection… 02/12/2011
X-rays see pain We all know what pain feels like but it is not always easy to explain it, let alone treat it. But now doctors in Sweden have developed sort of x-ray machine… 23/11/2011
New research offers anorexia relief Katherine Damazer was at school doing exams when she became anorexic. Previously on holiday with her family in Tibet she caught a virus, became very ill… 21/11/2011
Movember – how’s that ‘tache coming along?It’s mid-point in November, a time when thousands of charity moustaches are really beginning to take shape. For those who are unfamiliar with the concept… 16/11/2011
The healing powers of new Portuguese PJs Eczema and other skin conditions can make it difficult for children or even adults to sleep properly at night. In Portugal researchers are working on a… 16/11/2011
The threat of antibiotic resistance Retired teacher Lill-Karin Skaret counts herself lucky, after having a close call with a bacterium resistant to many antibiotics. The Norwegian grandmother… 15/11/2011
Stem cells, the secret to eternal youth? Rejuvenating skin cells is almost a century old, first accomplished by pioneering scientific researchers in Montpellier. It was always believed that when the… 07/11/2011
Research raises fresh hope for cancer sufferers From laboratories in Ljubljana, Slovenia comes fresh hope for cancer suffers. A team of researches, from Slovenia, Russia, Germany and the USA have developed… 29/09/2011
A new hope for Alzheimer’s sufferers An old drug is being given new life to treat the degeneration of the hippocampus, the part of the brain that processes with memories. 26/09/2011
Laugh yourself healthy Researchers in the United States are proving what some have suspected for a long time – laughter is good for the heart. Tests on volunteers have… 21/09/2011
Advertising turns to science Researchers are studying reactions in people’s brains to examine their reactions to advertising. Neuro-marketing, as it’s known, is now being taught in some… 19/09/2011
Scientists edge nearer unlimited blood bank French scientists have managed to generate red blood cells from stem cells and inject them back in to the donor. This major achievement opens up the… 13/09/2011
Surgery under hypnosis In an operating theatre in the Saint Luc University hospital in Brussels, the anaesthetist is also a hypnotist. Belgium is in the forefront of using hypnotism… 01/08/2011
Alzheimer’s studied in veteran US soldiers A study of American soldiers has concluded that a knock on the head makes a person more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease later in life. The Walter Reed Army… 28/07/2011
Womb transplant to go ahead in Sweden A team of surgeons in Sweden is hoping to perform the first successful womb transplant. The highly complex procedure, planned for next spring, will take… 30/06/2011
Low calorie diet may hold answer to diabetes A new study has shown that a very low calorie diet may hold the answer to diabetes. The test involves a calorie intake of between a third and quarter less… 29/06/2011
Precious metals used to fight nosocomial disease Going to hospital has its risks. Each year, three million people catch nosocomial or hospital-acquired illnesses and 50,000 people die from them. Hospitals… 28/06/2011
Nanotech could help restore vision Researchers in regenerative medicine in Europe are making major strides forward in repairing damaged ears and eyes, thanks to nanotechnology. 21/06/2011
Remote monitoring ups odds for children with epilepsy Two-year-old Francisca has epilepsy. She is spending a few days in hospital in Portugal so doctors can monitor her condition as part of a new programme… 07/06/2011
A big hand for Austria’s bionic arm In the Austrian capital Vienna, a young orthopaedic patient is getting used to a new bionic arm. Patrick Mayrhofer lost his hand in an accident at… 30/05/2011
A chip to power the bionic eye system A tiny microchip is the missing link for scientists building a bionic vision system. Perfecting the whole contraption has taken ten years. But the chip which… 19/05/2011
Elephant therapy for autistic children in Thailand At the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre near the historic city of Chiang Mai, elephants are being used in animal therapy with autistic children. Project… 16/05/2011
Early pre-natal test can diagnose blood disease Italian scientists in Sicily have developed an early and accurate pre-natal test for the blood disease thalassaemia. The genetic disorder is common in… 11/05/2011
4D Anatomy and bowel cancer screening advances In this edition of science we look at a radical interactive anatomy tool. It uses computer software to animate 3D images from thousands of photographs taken… 26/04/2011
Robots produce human skin in flesh factory It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie: human skin, made by a machine. At the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, it is becoming reality… 21/04/2011
Bionic ‘trousers’ help paraplegics walk again Radi Kaoif was paralysed from the waist down while fighting for the Israeli army. Since 1988 he has used a wheelchair to get around. Two years ago he became… 11/04/2011
Lancet study recommends breast cancer prevention drugs Preventative drugs should be made available to women at a higher risk of developing breast cancer. This was the finding of an international panel of cancer… 30/03/2011
Work on memory wins Hungarian trio brain prize The 2011 Brain Prize has been awarded to three Hungarian scientists for their work on the circuits in our brains involved in memory. 28/03/2011
Gene therapy gives hope to Parkinson’s patients A team of researchers at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital has been testing a new type of gene therapy against Parkinson’s disease on a group of patients… 24/03/2011
New cell rejection drug could help diabetics Two-year-old Max Salmon has Type 1 diabetes. He needs regular blood tests and his diet needs to be monitored. The disease destroys insulin-producing cells in… 14/03/2011
New test for prostate cancer A team of scientists at the University of Surrey in the UK have found a way to test for prostate cancer using urine. They have identified a protein called… 07/03/2011
Pre-birth spina bifida breakthrough. New research in the United States shows that babies with spina bifida recover better if they are operated on in the womb, rather than after they are… 14/02/2011
Surgery without a scalpel Doctors in Liverpool have unveiled a new cancer scanner that removes the need for invasive brain surgery. The Novalis TX uses a system similar to a car’s… 14/02/2011
New cancer test hopeIn the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in the US, scientists have made a leap forward in the search for cancer treatments. They have developed a… 06/01/2011
Light therapy for SAD sufferers In northern Europe the sun is a rare sight during the winter. And although most people would like to see more of it, for some people a lack of sunlight… 05/01/2011
Raising Eyebrows A patient in Bangalore, India, known only as Thomas B, had a tumour the size of a golf ball pressing on the optic nerves leading from his eyes to the vision… 03/01/2011
Brain cancer breakthrough? Spanish researchers have made a possible breakthrough discovery regarding the most common malignant brain cancer, the glioma. 15/12/2010
Aids prevention pill cuts infection rateA pill has been developed which appears to help prevent the transmission of HIV and Aids. That’s according to a study just published in the New England… 29/11/2010
Virtual heart may hold key to better treatment Jack and his parents live on the east coast of England. Every now and then they come to London, trying to make the most of their day out. But the reason for… 23/09/2010
Australia investigates breast implants scandalAustralia is the latest country to launch an inquiry into the health risks faced by women who received breast implants from the French manufacturer… 04/01/2012
Firms sold ‘industrial product’ to breast implant companyAt least two companies have admitted supplying products meant for industrial not medical use to the French firm at the centre of a health scare over breast… 03/01/2012
Back in the Day: CC, the first cloned petDecember 22, 2001 A cat named CC, or Carbon Copy (pictured), is born at Texas A&M University, making her the world’s first cloned domestic animal. Cloning had… 21/12/2011
Back in the Day: Man kills diseaseDecember 9, 1979 The World Health Organisation (WHO) certifies the eradication of smallpox, making it the first disease Man had successfully managed to… 08/12/2011
Back in the Day: the heart that was built to last longerDecember 2, 1982 Retired American dentist Barney Clark becomes the first person to be implanted with a permanent artificial heart. The Jarvis 7 device… 01/12/2011
Back in the Day: the conception of the Acid GenerationNovember 16, 1938 Swiss chemists Arthur Stoll and Albert Hoffman become the first scientists to synthesize LSD, the highly hallucinogenic drug that went on to… 15/11/2011
Turning the clock back on growing oldFrench scientists have managed to turn the clock back on cells taken from people as old as 100. They have apparently transformed the cells into the kind… 02/11/2011
Court ruling a ‘devastating blow’ for European scientistsThe European court of justice has banned patenting any stem-cell process that involves destroying a human embryo. Some scientists have described this as a… 18/10/2011
Scientist who wins Nobel award dies before hearing of awardA scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he… 03/10/2011
Trio scoop Nobel Medicine PrizeBruce Beutler of the United States, Jules Hoffmann of France and Ralph Steinman of Canada have won the 2011 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on the immune… 03/10/2011
French doctors produce quality RedFrench researchers say they have successfully injected red blood cells produced from stem cells into a patient for the first time. It is seen as a step… 03/09/2011
Back in the Day: Dolly the sheep becomes first cloneJuly 5th 1996. Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. The creation of Dolly was a scientific breakthrough as it proved that… 04/07/2011
US health officials warn on breast implantsFederal health officials in the United States have warned that one in five women with silcone breast implants will need them removed or replaced over the next… 23/06/2011
Beansprouts could be cause of E.coli outbreakGerman hospitals are struggling to deal with the overwhelming flow of E.coli patients. The outbreak began three weeks ago in the northern port of Hamburg… 05/06/2011
Discovery of a new tumour markerUS and French researchers have discovered a new tumour marker they say may help in the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. 03/11/2010
Seeing clearly: artificial corneas can restore sightResearchers in Canada and Sweden have reported positive results from a study into biosynthetic corneas. The first 10 people in the world have been fitted with… 20/10/2010
“Father of IVF” gets the Nobel prizeThe British scientist whose pioneering work on fertility led to the birth of the world’s first so-called “test-tube” baby has been awarded the Nobel prize for… 04/10/2010
Vitamin B could delay onset of Alzheimer’sScientists in Oxford are trying to raise funds to expand a study which they hope might prove the link between B Vitamins and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. 27/09/2010
Johnson & Johnson seeks full control of CrucellUS healthcare giant Johnson and Johnson is talking to Dutch biotech company Crucell about buying the shares in the firm it does not already own for 1.75… 17/09/2010
British boy given ‘miracle’ new throat surgeryThe words modern day miracle are too often applied to advances in medicine. But they are an understatement for the parents of the first child in the world… 06/08/2010
Belgian researchers trial skin cancer vaccineIt is no secret that spending too much time in the sun without sufficient protection is playing with fire. In Europe alone, hundreds of thousands of cases of… 15/06/2010
Taking the pain out of jabsVaccinations are a part of childhood, but that does not make them any more pleasant. However now researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia are… 17/05/2010
Antibiotic resistance is “everybody’s problem”The discovery of antibiotics revolutionised medical care in the 20th century. Today, however, the wonder drugs are losing their effectiveness at an alarming… 19/11/2009
Cheetahs in motionAt Whipsnade Zoo in the UK, using high-speed cameras at 1,000 frames per second and a pressure-sensitive track, scientists are studying North African cheetahs… 30/09/2009
The magic touchScientists working on the Smarthand European Research Project in Sweden have created one of the most sophisticated prototype artificial hands in the world… 22/09/2009
Multiple Sclerosis future hopeMultiple Sclerosis is a neurological condition that affects the transfer of messages from the central nervous system to the rest of the body. There is… 16/09/2009
Bone marrow break throughIn London’s Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, the doors to certain rooms are sealed because the children on that ward have serious genetic defects in… 07/09/2009
Shining some light on sunbed risksMany of us want to look bronzed and healthy all year round, but the latest warnings should give pause for thought. Experts now believe that the risks of… 29/07/2009
The dawn of life…New imaging techniques have enabled scientists to watch and study as a living organism develops, and the cells divide and align. At the Biozentrum at… 29/07/2009
Sunbeds classed as dangerous as smokingSunbeds are as dangerous as smoking, according to the World Health Organisation. Its International Agency for Research on Cancer, previously classified… 29/07/2009
Macular degeneration hopeMost of us think that sight is the most important of ours senses. But many of us lose our eyesight as we grow older. So researchers are looking at the… 28/07/2009
