Browsing: research

Weight-loss drugs could help people who have had a heart attack avoid suffering potentially fatal complications afterwards, research has found.Drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy reduce…

Giving stem cells to unborn babies diagnosed with spina bifida while they have in utero surgery could be “a major milestone” in the treatment of birth…

Tens of thousands of years ago, as modern humans migrated into northerly territories inhabited by our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals, the two species met – and…

Jumping to a new research topic is intimidating but can enable diverse teams and creative breakthroughs.Credit: GettyIn science, careers are often imagined as linear: a direct…

Obstructive sleep apnoea costs the US and UK economies more than £137bn ($185bn) a year, according to research.People with the serious health condition repeatedly stop breathing…

Karl Thompson is a microbiologist at Howard University in Washington DC and the director of its graduate programme for biomedical sciences.Credit: Justin D. Knight/Howard UniversityOne year…

A clinical trial into puberty blockers for children has been paused after the medicines regulator warned it should have a minimum age limit of 14 because…

A Tennessee state lawmaker dropped his bill to end tenure, but said, “We’ll maybe be back.” rruntsch | iStock | Getty Images Plus Tennessee’s House Higher…

Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages,…

Following the advice of popular-science authors might help you to explain your research more effectively in interviews.Credit: Kenneth SciclunaThe theoretical physicist Richard Feynman was renowned for…