Parkinson’s stem cell breakthroughMiodrag Stojkovic/Science Photo Library By Helen Thomson MONKEYS with a Parkinson’s-like disease have been successfully treated with stem cells that improved their movement for up to two years after transplant. A similar trial is now being prepared for people. Parkinson’s destroys dopamine-producing cells in the brain, leading […]
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Strange light from another starNASA/CXC/M.Weiss By Rebecca Boyle A 25-year hunt for a bright spot in the sky first seen almost six centuries ago has turned up a nova – and answered a long-standing question about this unique type of exploding star. We now have a better idea of what […]
Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord, according to the NHS. It was announced this week that an A&E department in Northern Ireland is to begin using a new test to identify the infection in less than 60 minutes. Doctors at the […]
Arsenal agreed a deal to sell Oxlade-Chamberlain to Chelsea on Tuesday but the England international turned down a move to Stamford Bridge. The midfielder’s preference was to join Liverpool and he has got his wish after Arsenal decided to cash on the 24-year-old, who has refused to sign a new […]
6.58pm BST18:58 A fist pump from Juan Martin del Potro on Arthur Ashe, as he bags the first set 6-4 against Switzerland’s Henri Laaksonen. Share this post Google plus close 6.56pm BST18:56 Kyrgios then rattles through his service game in double quick time, as if to stick two fingers up […]
The fermented grapes date back to the fourth millennium BC, some 3,000 years earlier than the first traces of viticulture previously recorded in Italy (AFP Photo/JOE RAEDLE) More Rome (AFP) – Researchers have discovered that the oldest wine in the world may have been Italian, after finding traces of 6,000-year-old […]
NEW ORLEANS — Residents here grimly marked the 12-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by witnessing Hurricane Harvey wreck immense damage in nearby Texas. All the while, they have kept their fingers crossed, hoping the storm wouldn’t turn toward the Crescent City. As the remains of what was once a Category […]
More than 100 French police are desperately trying to trace Maëlys de Araujo after she disappeared at around 3am during a family wedding on Sunday in Isère, France. Officers have found a hair clip and a balloon in a forest close to where the girl was last seen with officials […]