A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection.
A groundbreaking milestone was reached earlier this month as surgeons collaborated to successfully complete the world’s first-in-human bladder transplant.
A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique.
A new study reveals some surprising discoveries about healing processes that are potentially triggered by the process of necrosis, or premature cell death.
A New South Wales man with heart failure lived with the artificial heart for over 100 days while waiting to be matched with a heart donor.
In a remarkable medical breakthrough, doctors have successfully used stem cells to treat a debilitating eye condition that can lead to vision loss.
To minimize the risk of cardiovascular disease, our arteries need to be clear and inflammation-free, and scientists have developed a new technique that uses carbon nanoparticles to fight the buildup of dangerous plaques.
A 58-year-old man in the United States is the first person in the world to have had his failing heart replaced with a temporary, titanium blood-pumper.
A review of 53 placebo-controlled surgery trials found that sham surgery was as good as the real thing in over half of the studies. Sham surgery activates the wound-healing cascade.
A newly developed silicon material covered with tiny nanospikes is capable of taking out 96 percent of the virus particles unfortunate enough to touch its surface in tests.
The early-stage research - which saw 99 % of melanoma cells eradicated in a lab - could provide new cancer treatment options, experts say.
Brain scans of a 72-year-old man diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of cancer known as a glioblastoma have revealed a remarkable regression in his tumor's size within days of receiving an innovative new treatment.
Researchers have developed an AI method that can predict Alzheimer’s Disease up to seven years before the onset of symptoms.
Antiviral Drugs Grown in Space Comes Back To Earth For Analysis. Exploring the Future of Pharmaceuticals in Space.
Even small doses of LSD could have therapeutic benefits for mental health and task performance, a new study shows.
