Walnuts are rich in fatty acids and vitamins, and are not linked to weight gain, as some people think. Indeed they're a natural prevention to blood circulation, obesity, and blood sugars disorders, including Diabetes. Research confirmed that Walnuts help to prevent heart and blood sugars disorders. This study was a randomized, controlled, single-bl...

By Emily Reynolds | Nature Researchers have perfected a method of turning human stem cells into kidney tissue. Professor Melissa Little, head of the Kidney Research Laboratory at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, first grew a mini-kidney in 2013, forming two key cell types. But now her team has grown an organ that forms a...

By Catharine Paddock PhD An implantable artificial kidney could transform prospects for people whose kidneys have failed and who have to rely on dialysis or the rare chance of a transplant to stay alive. Now, researchers working on the first-of-its-kind device that aims to meet this need says they are hopeful of running pilot trials in humans withi...

London, UK | AP Television A new material is being used to make organs, which allows patients to grow stem cells inside their bodies rather than in a laboratory - according to scientists. The team at University College London say it'll be clinically trialled this year in operations to create ears for teenagers and stents and valves for people with ...

INAL Center, Italy  This hand comes from the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, in collaboration with the INAIL Prosthetics Center in Budrio.  It's a new robotic hand prosthesis that will allow patients to recover 90% of the functionality of a natural hand. The device does not need implants or surgical operations, as it is controll...

Cancer Research UK The immune system protects the body against illness and infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. It is a collection of reactions and responses that the body makes to damaged cells or infection. So it is sometimes called the immune response. The immune system is important to cancer patients in many ways because: ...

Department of Radiology, MGH Martinos Center , Harvard Medical School ​ Diffusion spectrum imaging ( DSI ) is a variant of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in which a magnetic field maps the water contained in neuron fibers, thus mapping their criss-crossing patterns. A similar technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is also used to explore...

Yves A. DeClerck ​ In this issue of Cancer Research , a seminal article from Lavick and Baumann published in the Journal in 1943 is highlighted in celebration of the Journal's 75th anniversary. In this article, the authors, following an earlier observation made in 1939 that diet restriction inhibited the formation of ultraviolet-induced tumors in m...

NHS | UK ​ A computerised tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays and a computer to create detailed images of the inside of the body. ​ CT scans are sometimes referred to as CAT scans or computed tomography scans. They're carried out in hospital by specially trained operators called radiographers, and can be done while you're staying in hospital or during...

NHS UK   Pancreatic cancer is caused by the abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells in the pancreas – a large gland that's part of the digestive system.  Around half of all new cases are diagnosed in people aged 75 or over. It's uncommon in people under 40 years of age. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer In the early stages, a tumour in...

NHS UK   Parkinson's disease is a condition in which parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years. The three main symptoms of Parkinson's disease are: involuntary shaking of particular parts of the body (tremor) slow movement stiff and inflexible muscles A person with Parkinson's disease can also experience a wide range...

NHS UK  A stroke is a serious life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Strokes are a medical emergency and urgent treatment is essential.  The sooner a person receives treatment for a stroke, the less damage is likely to happen.  If you suspect that you or someone else is h...

By Meera Senthilingam, CNN ​ ​ For the first time, an experimental drug has reduced levels of the toxic protein that causes Huntington's disease in humans. Huntington's disease is an inherited disorder in which mutant forms of the huntingtin protein damage nerve cells in the brain. The new drug, Ionis-HTTRx, was shown to be safe in humans and lower...