Scientists in the USA have succeeded in growing an almost fully formed human brain in a lab. The miniature brain is about the size of a pencil eraser and resembles that of a five-week old foetus. The brain was created by scientists at Ohio State University. Professor Rene Anand from the department said: “It not […]
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The US Food and Drug administration has given its approval to a drug dubbed the ‘female Viagra’ has finally been approved by, amidst concerns over the drug’s possible side effects. Flibanserin, produced by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, was approved by the FDA on the third application in five years – after twice failing over concerns regarding possible […]
A vaccine against Ebola has been shown to be 100% successful in trials conducted during the outbreak in Guinea and is likely to bring the west African epidemic to an end, experts say. The results of the trials involving 4,000 people are remarkable because of the unprecedented speed with which the development of the vaccine […]
Terminally ill cancer patients have been “effectively cured” by a game-changing new class of drugs. In one trial, more than half of patients who had just months to live saw deadly tumours shrink or completely disappear. In recent days, the results of trials of a number of treatments which harness the body’s immune system have […]
Hacktivist group, Anonymous has called on its supporters to attack Donald Trump and leak information about him. One of the most popular accounts associated with the hacking collective has tweeted a string of accusations at the President-elect, claiming that Mr Trump has connections with a host of people. And it called on its supporters and followers […]