Chinese-Russian Team Performs Experimental Spinal Cord Transplant in Paralysed Patient
A team of Chinese and Russian surgeons has reportedly performed an experimental spinal cord transplant on a paralysed patient in…
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France Reports First Known Human Case of Shamonda Virus, Investigates Possible Link to Patient’s Death
French health authorities are investigating the first recognised human infection with Shamonda virus, a midge-borne pathogen previously identified in animals….
Nobel Medicine 2026: From Light-Sensing Proteins to a Nobel-Winning Breakthrough
Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann recognised for pioneering optogenetics, a technology that lets researchers control specific cells using…
Nobel Prize (Medicine) 2026: Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Honoured for Optogenetics Breakthrough
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for…
Two Lethal Doses, Seven Needles, Still Alive: Woman’s Execution Fails as US Sees First Female Death Sentence in 200 Years
A historic execution attempt in the United States has ended in an extraordinary medical emergency. Christa Pike, a 50-year-old Tennessee…
OpenAI AI Agent Accessed Non-Public Files on Australian Medicare Portal
An OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June while conducting research on…
25 Years On, 9/11 Survivors Continue to Battle Long-Term Health Effects
Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the physical and…
Indigenous Health at a Crossroads: WHO’s Global Plan of Action Aims to Bridge Centuries of Health Inequities
As the world observes the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, global attention is turning toward one of the…
First Human Receives Experimental Vaccine Against Rare Bundibugyo Ebola Virus
Oxford Begins World’s First Human Trial Scientists at the University of Oxford have administered the first dose of an experimental…
Trump’s 200% Generic Drug Tariff Plan Puts India’s Pharma Exports in Focus
US President Donald Trump has announced a phased tariff policy on imported generic medicines, proposing duties of up to 200%…