Three scientists who discovered how cells sense and adapt to oxygen levels have won the 2019 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. Our body’s cells use oxygen to convert food into usable energy. The trio – British Sir Peter Ratcliffe and two Americans, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza – discovered how cells adapt when oxygen […]
Research measuring if there is a difference in temperature between the left and right testicles is one of the winners of this year’s spoof Nobel prizes. Fertility experts Roger Mieusset and Bourras Bengoudifa measured the temperature of French postmen’s testicles, both naked and clothed. They found the left one is warmer, but only when a […]
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year under a new opt-out system for organ donation approved by MPs. Under the plans, passed by the Commons, adults in England will be presumed to be donors unless they have specifically recorded their decision not to be. A high-profile media campaign to change the law was inspired […]
Two scientists who discovered how to fight cancer using the body’s immune system have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The work by James P Allison, from the US, and Tasuku Honjo, from Japan, has led to treatments for advanced, deadly skin cancer. Immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment, said the […]
A doctor who was struck off over the death of a six-year-old boy has won her appeal to practise medicine again. Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence in 2015 over the death of Jack Adcock, who died of sepsis in 2011. She was struck off in January 2018. Her appeal was […]
Care workers who have to stay overnight as part of their job will not be entitled to the minimum wage after a Court of Appeal ruling. The charity Mencap, who won the appeal, argued that a previous tribunal decision which compelled care providers to fund six years’ back pay for overnight carers was unaffordable. Judges […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device A Belfast woman with Type 1 diabetes has been awarded £2,000 after security staff at a rock concert confiscated her fizzy drink. Kayla Hanna, 20, was at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Belfast in 2016. The student always carries Lucozade for her blood sugar levels, but […]