Scientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The nanoparticles did not cause the damage by passing through the barrier, but generated signalling molecules within the barrier cells that were then transmitted to cause damage in cells the other side of [...]

A major report on managing the health effects of climate change, launched jointly by ‘The Lancet’ and UCL today, says that climate change is the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century.
Lead author Professor Anthony Costello (UCL Institute for Global Health) says that failure to act will result in an intergenerational injustice, with our children [...]

A daily dose of aspirin can prevent the occurrence of cancer in people with a genetic predisposition towards Lynch syndrome, a Newcastle University scientist has told Europe’s largest cancer congress.
Lynch syndrome is a condition which accounts for around 5 per cent of all colon cancers.
Professor John Burn, from the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle [...]

The University of California is launching an unprecedented statewide collaboration for breast cancer patients with the goal of revolutionizing the course of their care by designing and testing new approaches to research, technology and health care delivery.
Named the ATHENA Breast Health Network, the groundbreaking project will initially involve 150,000 women throughout California who will be [...]

Scientists at Newcastle University are launching a ground-breaking study tying into the Great North Run to find out why some of us can run faster than others – despite doing the same amount of training.
The research team, led by Professor Patrick Chinnery, is asking the 54,000 people taking part in next month’s Bupa Great North Run [...]

A daily dose of aspirin can prevent the occurrence of cancer in people with a genetic predisposition towards Lynch syndrome, a Newcastle University scientist has told Europe’s largest cancer congress.
Lynch syndrome is a condition which accounts for around 5 per cent of all colon cancers.
Professor John Burn, from the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle [...]

Many pregnant women are not getting enough Vitamin D even when they take supplements. The finding has been made as a result of research carried out by the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), which involves researchers from Queen’s University Belfast.
Dr Valerie Holmes from Queen’s School of Nursing and Midwifery co-authored the study [...]