Researchers in China are reportedly using blood samples taken from Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minority groups in an attempt to innovate a technology that can reconstruct faces from DNA. However, experts in science ethics are voicing concern over the project’s potential of building a tool that may be used unethically, to intensify and justify […]
Researchers have published the results of their work where stem cell therapy has shown promise in a case of spinal cord injury. The results of their case study were published in the latest issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings last week. The study was titled, “Celltop Clinical Trial: First Report From a Phase I […]
Stress is a normal response to physical and emotional stimuli, particularly when people face changes in their lives. Though it’s a normal feeling, long-term stress may lead to a range of health conditions. Though people feel stressed from time to time, not all stress is bad. For decades, scientists are studying the stress response of […]
Hepatitis is the second most leading cause of infection-related deaths worldwide, and people are nine times more likely to be infected with hepatitis than with HIV. Although hepatitis is a major global public health concern, it was only prioritized after WHO identified specific action points that will help in the prevention of viral hepatitis as […]
A European Parliament committee Tuesday voted to adopt changes to the EU Medical Device Regulation that would push back the compliance deadline for certain Class I medical devices by four years. While expected, the extension would be another respite for industry bracing for the law’s looming start date next May The changes adopted by the […]