Move over liposuction, the new fad in fat is freezing it.
As plastic surgeons, dermatologists and beauticians from around the world gather in Paris to analyse trends at the IMCAS aesthetic congress, here is some of what’s new:
Move over liposuction, the new fad in fat is freezing it.
As plastic surgeons, dermatologists and beauticians from around the world gather in Paris to analyse trends at the IMCAS aesthetic congress, here is some of what’s new:
Two babies rescued from previously incurable leukaemia after receiving infusions of gene-edited immune cells are doing well at home more than a year after initial treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.
Continue reading Gene-edited cells keep cancer babies well more than one year on
A team of Ugandan engineers has invented a “smart jacket” that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor, offering hope against a disease which kills more children worldwide than any other.
Continue reading Ugandans invent ‘smart jacket’ to diagnose pneumonia
Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping.
Continue reading Flabby heart keeps pumping with squeeze from robotic sleeve
Two decades after they were spurred into action to tackle AIDS in Africa, global drugmakers said on Wednesday they would invest an initial $50 million over three years to fight cancer and other non-communicable diseases in poor countries.
Continue reading Drugmakers in Davos shift focus to chronic diseases of poor
In a first, researchers have genetically engineered mosquitoes that have an increased resistance to infection by the dengue virus.
After decades of research and countless control attempts, dengue continues to infect an estimated 390 million people around the world each year.
Continue reading Genetically-engineered mosquitoes give hope against dengue
Researchers have developed a special salt treatment that can make common surgical masks capable of trapping and killing airborne viruses.
Continue reading Salt can make surgical masks into a virus killer
Researchers have designed molecules with the potential to deliver healing power to stressed cells — such as those involved in heart attacks.
Continue reading Molecules designed to reduce damage after heart attack
A man with deadly brain cancer that had spread to his spine saw his tumors shrink and, for a time, completely vanish after a novel treatment to help his immune system attack his disease — another first in this promising field.
Continue reading Cells dripped into the brain help man fight a deadly cancer