Multiple sclerosis affects around 100,000 people in the UK each year. Today, a new NHS study appears to have found a way to halt the condition in its tracks. Currently suffers are treated with medication to improve physical problems and ease discomfort, but it does...
In early July 2017 a panel of cancer experts unanimously endorsed CAR-T treatment for leukaemia. With FDA approval expected, it will become the first gene therapy to reach the market creating a ‘living drug’ that genetically alters a patients own cells to fight...
There are many forms of macular disease affecting eyesight, the most common of which is age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In fact, AMD is the leading cause of sight loss in the developed world. And, it is not just the old who are affected, juvenile macular...
This month saw publication of the results of a groundbreaking new trial into umbilical cord blood as a treatment for autism. The study showed enormous promise, with 75% of children showing an improvement in their condition. The medical centre responsible; Duke...
An estimated 1 in 100 children(1) in the UK have some form of autism and currently four times more boys are diagnosed with the condition than girls.(2) Autism is a spectrum disorder meaning that the symptoms are broad and vary greatly in severity. However they include...
