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"UK patient `free` of HIV after stem cell treatment," reports BBC News.
Doctors report that a man with HIV, who was given a stem cell transplant to treat his blood cancer, has no detectable signs of HIV 18 months after stopping anti-HIV treatment.
The man had
"Common drugs may stop sepsis, say doctors," reports the Times. This is a simplistic take on a complex laboratory study that aimed to better understand why children and adults respond differently to sepsis infection, and that tried to identify potential new drug therapies to treat sepsis.
Sepsis is a rare but
"Doctors hope for blindness cure after restoring patients` sight," reports The Guardian.
Scientists in the UK have reported on the results of pioneering operations in 2 patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of sight loss in older people.
"Alcohol can cause irreversible genetic damage to the body’s reserve of stem cells," reports The Guardian.
Alcohol is thought to increase the risk of several types of cancer, including breast, throat, liver, bowel and pancreas cancer. It is estimated that around 1 in 25 new cases of cancer are linked to alcohol, t
"Breakthrough for genetic hearing loss as gene editing prevents deafness in mice," reports The Guardian after researchers used a technique to "snip" away a gene mutation that leads to progressive deafness.
While many people assume hearing loss is something mainly associated with ageing, many cases are in fact
“Gene editing to remove viruses brings transplant organs from pigs a step closer,” The Guardian reports after researchers used the new CRIPSR gene editing technique. CRIPSR acts like a set of molecular scissors that can cut out potentially harmful infectious genes.
Despite the difference in size and shape, man
“Deadly gene mutations removed from human embryos in landmark study,” reports The Guardian. Researchers have used a gene-editing technique to repair faults in DNA that can cause an often-fatal heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
This inherited heart con
"Drinking up to four cups of coffee a day carries no health risk, experts say. Scientists said those who stick to that limit have no need to worry," reports The Sun.
This was based on a review of studies that looked at the effects of caffeine on health. The researchers specifically investigated the effect of
"Redheads are more likely to develop Parkinson`s," claims the Mail Online after a study found the gene that makes people with red hair susceptible to skin cancer also increases the risk of brain disease.
But the study didn`t actually look directly at redheads (human ones, anyway). Instead, it used mice to look a
"Artificial human life could soon be grown from scratch in the lab, after scientists successfully created a mammal embryo using only stem cells," reports The Daily Telegraph. This is an extremely premature claim as it is based on a laboratory study using mouse stem cells. Stem cells are cells that have the potential
"Women who suffer from severe mood swings before their period have a different genetic make-up," The Sun reports.
New research has found a link between a gene complex called ESC/E(Z) and severe symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Nearly all women of childbearing
"Fertility breakthrough means babies could be conceived from skin cells – so men can have babies with each other," is the excitable headline in the Daily Mirror.
But the research in the news is at an early stage – and was in mice. Despite reporting to the contrary, the study involved female eggs, not skin cell
