Brain cancers caused by malignant gliomas account for around 3,000 deaths in the UK each year.
A genetic study of living and the ancient remains of polar and brown bears has revealed that they interbred during the last ice age and that modern polar bears are descended on the female side from brown bears that lived in Ireland.
Salmonella poisoning typically causes diarrhoea.
New research using mouse models has shown that glial cells, which protect and support neurons in the brain, play a central role in preventing the severe symptoms of Rett Syndrome.
'The question is not can they reason nor can they talk, but rather can they suffer?' Jeremy Bentham
Leading research organisations have responded to misleading claims made by an antivivisection group in its recent letter to the Lancet.
Researchers are preparing for clinical trials of the first inexpensive oral treatment for Trypanosomiasis, the parasitic disease commonly known as sleeping sickness that is transmitted to humans by the tsetse fly.
About one in 30,000 boys are born with a defective gene that causes haemophilia B.
The UAR SchoolZone is a brand new part of our site dedicated to school age students and their teachers.
In this film we hear from Chloe, who has diabetes, and Dr Aileen King, who researches into diabetes.
'Thanks to decades of research, survival from cancer has doubled in the last 40 years, giving thousands of people more time with their loved ones.
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