People on the Tibetan Plateau have developed unique physiological traits over 10,000 years to thrive in low-oxygen conditions, preventing hypoxia. A s ...

The BC Cancer Foundation is launching a fundraising campaign to support the next three years of immunotherapy research at BC ...

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body. Now researchers have developed a method to detect ...

Scientists have discovered that the peptide hormone adrenomedullin plays a pivotal role in obesity-related type 2 diabetes, ...

What if microscopic robots could seek out and destroy cancer cells without harming the body? Scientists are developing ...

A woman has shared the symptoms she had that she believed were normal, before she got a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. She now wants to raise awareness of the condition, as millions go undiagnosed ...

Years ago, when Christ’s parents discovered through a blood test that they carried the sickle cell trait, they had him tested and it revealed that he did indeed have the disease. It was shortly after ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study, led by researchers from the British Antarctic ...

Mr Claxton was in hospital over Christmas, receiving the transplant on Christmas Eve, and said he was now in recoveery. He is ...

“Nasal mucus that would necessitate a visit to your doctor may include frequent nosebleeds, nasal congestion that doesn’t go away, thick nasal mucus associated with facial pain, pressure, and smell ...

More than one-quarter of blood or marrow transplant survivors developed cutaneous malignant neoplasms, according to study results.Researchers identified several risk factors, including older age, ...