By Sarah Ward for the Scottish Daily Mail 3:39 PM June 26, 2024, updated 5:47 PM June 26, 2024 Dundee University doctors behind new technology that could help control tremors caused by disease Global research seen as ‘milestone for Scottish medicine’ Parkinson’s patients have been given hope of regaining their independence after a procedure to … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain Years after questions were raised about their integrity, two of the University of Minnesota’s most prominent scientific discoveries have been retracted in the space of one week: one that offered hope for the therapeutic potential of stem cells and the other that offered a promising path to treating Alzheimer’s disease. The … Read more
Years after questions were raised about their integrity, two of the University of Minnesota’s most prominent scientific discoveries have been retracted within a week: one that offered hope for the therapeutic potential of stem cells and another that offered a promising path to treating Alzheimer’s disease. The studies are more than a decade old and … Read more
A study of 17 commonly used synthetic ‘forever chemicals’ has shown that these toxins can be easily absorbed through human skin. New research, published in Environment International, proves for the first time that a wide range of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) – chemicals that do not break down in nature – can penetrate the skin barrier … Read more
Why do people live so long? A new study suggests that a mother’s care could be an important part of that. The Cornell University study says the reason humans and other primates live so long can be at least partially explained by the mother-infant relationship. Maternal care leads to the evolution of “long, slow lives,” … Read more
A salesman was jailed on Friday, May 24, after carrying out a £3.3 million scam against a university after conspiring with a senior manager at the institution. Aasim Johar, 53, while working with Geoff Turnbull, set up a fraudulent scheme to obtain hospitality, vouchers, money and goods at the expense of the University of Edinburgh. … Read more