Professor Mark Kendall's Nanopatch was shown off last night to crowds at TEDGlobal

A dad who joined the bone marrow register when a friend became ill has become a match for someone else just weeks after she passed away.

New treatment developed by fusing key proteins of the virus with a bacterial protein

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Scientists have developed a way of modifying a microscopic particle which could offer a new approach to tackling major diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes, asthma and food allergies.

Loud music played on earphones causes deafness by having a similar effect on nerves as multiple sclerosis (MS), scientists have learned.

Children are twice as likely to develop allergic diseases including asthma if a parent of the same sex is a sufferer, new research suggests.

Outside destruction is threatening lush reserves designed to protect world's richest biodiversity

Five-time Wimbledon winner a pale shadow of her former self as Russian claims big scalp

A 10-year-old girl has been given a vein transplant using a blood vessel grown from her own stem cells, the first time such an operation has been undertaken.

A 10-year-old girl has been given a vein transplant using a blood vessel grown from her own stem cells.

Clinical trial results described as "striking and exciting" could lead to new treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis.

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