12-06-20 Statistics show China is facing an unprecedented wave of multiple births, and this means a significant number of women are choosing to take fertility drugs or use other methods to increase their number of fetuses. 有数据显示，中国正迎来一个前所未有...

12-06-18 Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma（浆细胞） cells in bone marrow. One of the difficulties doctors face in...

12-05-23 A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers shows a new way to precisely detect a single chemical at extremely low concentrations and high contamination（污染） . The study, published online for ACS Nano, was carried out in the laboratory...

12-05-17 Two Mexican generals have been detained on suspicion of involvement in organised crime, allegations they deny. 墨西哥两位将军涉嫌参与有组织的犯罪已被拘留，他们否认了这一指控。 Gen Tomas Angeles, who served as Mexico's deputy defence minister, and Ge...

12-05-11 A study led by a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist and published in the May 10 issue of the journal Neuron suggests a potential new therapeutic approach for improving memory and interrupting disease progression in patients with a form of cognitive impair...

12-03-23 Whitney Houston's death was caused by accidental drowning, but drug abuse and heart disease were also factors, a coroner has ruled. 一位验尸官判定，惠特尼休斯顿因意外溺水致死，滥用毒品和心脏病同时也是死因。 The pop star was laid to rest in her home...

12-02-06 Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge. 剑桥大学的科学家称，大脑某些部位畸形的一部分人更容易染上毒瘾。 Red areas show parts of the brain more active...

12-01-11 Scientists at the University of Leicester have opened up a whole new approach to the therapeutic intervention for a family of anti-cancer drug targets, thanks to a completely new and unexpected finding. Professor Schwabe and his colleagues, Drs Wats...

11-12-21 Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate（增殖） on the outside of some cancer cells, but the therapies are imperfect and the cancer does not always respond. Since it is beneficial for doctors to know as soon as possible how a...

11-12-15 A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer's disease, based on the findings of a study published in PLoS ONE. When given to mice with Alzheimer's, the drug, known as J147, improved memory and...