Health Sciences and Technology News

The eyes sometimes have it, beating out the tongue, nose and brain in the emotional and biochemical balloting that determines the taste and allure of food

Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during either sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is remembered later

Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories

The injection of bone marrow into the spine offers hope to millions left in daily agony. And the breakthrough could also boost the economy by saving more than £12billion a year lost by patients taking days off sick

A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated

Sometimes you just can't resist a tiny piece of chocolate cake. Even the most health-conscious eaters find themselves indulging in junk foods from time to time

Researchers might have found the Holy Grail in the war against cancer, a miracle drug that has killed every kind of cancer tumor it has come in contact with

The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments

Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme Disease -- unlike any other known organism -- can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes. Instead of iron, the bacteria substitute manganese to make a

Today archaeologists unearthed a 'Black Death' grave in London, containing more than a dozen skeletons of people suspected to have died from the plague