Heart disease is the number one killer disease in the world. Elevated cholesterol and dyslipidaemia in children and adolescents increase the risk of premature death in the mid-forties and subclinical…

The novel type 2 oral polio vaccine (nOPV2), developed by a team including scientists from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has today (9 January) been quality-assured (prequalified) by…

As part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, this year's Open Forum Davos – convening under the theme "From Life to Lab: Science in Action – will feature…

Scotland’s only heart transplant centre at NHS Golden Jubilee, is expanding to support more patients across Scotland than ever before.

An unprecedented collaboration between an eminent heart surgeon, a Michelin-starred chef and a global cardiovascular device provider sees the launch of a unique, surgically inspired recipe book, conceived to help…

MHRA sets out new plans to protect patient safety and enable access without delay for UK patients to innovative medical technologies.

Love is blind, the saying goes, and thanks to a world-first Australian study, we are now a step closer to understanding why.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied pancreatic islet cell loss in people with no previous pancreatic problems. They identified key trends in the types of cells lost due to…

The number of infections by the tick-borne TBE virus that are not detected by health services is far higher than previously assumed.

The protein HOXA9 is overexpressed in most acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases and is associated with poor patient outcomes.