Three cheerleaders in hospital with meningitis as outbreak hits London college and Morrisons depot with medics left mystified at speed of spread and cases rise to 27

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced the number of cases had increased by seven to 27 in its latest update today - ...

Killer Kent Meningitis B strain may have evolved to become 'better at transmitting', scientists warn

Health officials are racing to understand whether this dangerous variant of meningitis B has evolved in a way that allows it to spread more easily between people.

Meningitis B strain that's left two dead in Kent outbreak may be more infectious, scientists warn

Health officials are racing to understand whether this dangerous variant of meningitis B has evolved in a way that allows it ...

Could a Blood Test Predict if You’ll Get Alzheimer’s?

Smith Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory ...

Magnetic fields guide lab-grown blood vessels into precise patterns for drug testing

Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating tremendous costs for clinical studies, it also raises significant ethical ...

How CRISPR Works: Unpacking the Science of Cas9 and Gene Modification

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.
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The History and Evolution of PCR

Explore 40 years of PCR history, from Kary Mullis’s invention story to the rise of digital PCR and how it revolutionized ...
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Prototype mass spectrometer analyzes up to 1B molecules at once

A reengineered mass spectrometer prototype can now analyze up to a billion molecules simultaneously, a leap from conventional instruments that handle only a few at a time. The advance, reported in ...