This year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine will go to two medical researchers who have developed anti-cancer therapies. It is the American James Allison and the Japanese Tasuku Honjo. The two have reached a milestone in the fight against cancer, as announced by the Nobel jury in Stockholm. They have developed therapies that can better treat cancer through the immune system.
The man who shot five people in Bakersfield and later deprived himself of his life was recently divorced. That's what the California authorities told about the perpetrator. His ex was one of the victims. He presumably forced the woman to go to a transport company, where he killed her and then the others.
A woman with terminal cancer has been cured using a new therapy. US researchers report this on Monday. Judy Perkins (49) had three months to live when she started the experiment with body immune cells. She is now two years later and there is no trace of cancer in her body.
Anyone smoking through Flanders with children up to sixteen years in the car can be fined up to EUR 1000. The smoking ban applies to tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. The Flemish government has approved a proposal on this subject from the ministers Joke Schauvliege (environment) and Jo Vandeurzen (Welfare, Public Health and Family).
Russia has shown one of its latest weapons. On TV you could see images of the firing of a hypersonic rocket, the kinzjal (dagger). A MiG-31 jet fighter shot off the projectile, which according to the Kremlin at 12,000 kilometers per hour, ten times the speed of the sound, flies towards its target.
Russia has unique missiles that can not be traced by the existing anti-missile systems. Putin said this at his annual press conference. The latest weapon is a nuclear missile that was tried out at the end of last year and that can affect virtually any place in the world.
Foodstuffs like 'rich in fiber and vitamin D' while the product is bursting with sugar should be banned. The European consumer organization BEUC calls on Brussels to make EU legislation that puts an end to misleading health and nutrition claims.
The pharmaceutical company Johnson \u0026 amp; Johnson launches a large-scale test of an AIDS vaccine. The American company will vaccinate 2,600 women in southern Africa. A mix of two developed vaccines is used for this.
Three astronauts from Italy, Russia and the US arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after a six-hour trip. The launch of the Soyuzraket from a launch platform in Kazakhstan was according to plan.
The US Army has successfully tested the immune system for the first time in a simulated attack with an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The concern is growing that North Korea is quite far away from developing a projectile with a core head that the US can achieve.
Peer your nose and then swallow the contents. It's not the most stylish thing you can do, but it may be good for your health. This is evidenced by a new study claiming that we should properly promote the eating of our own snot. Children in particular would benefit from it.
North Korea must stop nuclear tests and missile launches. Previously warned Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. At the same time he says that the US and South Korea must stop their joint military activities that cause tension in the region.
By red squirrels in Britain and Ireland has been a remarkable diagnosis: they have a medieval form of leprosy among the members. The public is reminded some distance to keep the popular animals, though the chance is very small infection according to scientists.
Annually there are 600,000 children die from the effects of air pollution. That's more than malaria and HIV / AIDS combined. Those alarming conclusion UNICEF, which Monday released a report on the effects of air pollution.
The Russian parliament on Friday ratified a treaty providing for the deployment indefinitely Russian warplanes, helicopters and soldiers on a foothold in Syria. The agreement brings peace to Syria closer, Sergei Sjelesnjak said the Kremlin United Russia party at the news agency Tass. All 446 present deputies in the State Duma voted in favor.
Under tight security is Pakistan Monday began a large vaccination campaign against polio. Approximately 100,000 vaccination teams hope within three days 37 million children immune to the crippling viral disease.
A new study has found genetic fragments of the zikavirus in the tear fluid of infected laboratory mice. The discovery may reject new light on how people become infected with the dreaded pathogen. So far it was assumed that the transfer was done by mosquitoes and in some cases by sexual contact.
It takes up to two to three years before the zika epidemic in Latin America is over. By that time, many people have been already sick and thus become immune. Then there are too few survivors in order to maintain the large-scale distribution. The epidemic extinguishes itself, say British scientists Thursday.
North Korea has reacted angrily to plans by arch enemy South Korea to set a new missile defense system. The army of the Stalinist state threatened to attack if the plan continues.
Russia is concerned about the placement of a missile defense system in South Korea and will 'bring in military planning.' That said Russian Foreign Minister Friday, reports Interfax news agency.
President Gjorge Ivanov of Macedonia has partly withdrawn its controversial amnesty for a large group of politicians. Instead of the planned 56 34 politicians remain immune from possible prosecution in connection with a hacking scandal.
In the United States for the first time a person deceased at the zikavirus. A man who was in his seventies, died in February in Puerto Rico to the effects of the disease, US authorities reported Friday (local time).
British scientists think they have got the Achilles heel of cancer. That is the key conclusion of their long-term research to combat the disease.
French scientists say they have found a link between the zikavirus and the onset of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a muscle disease that leads to the inadequacy or absence of the muscles.
Belgian bishops and other church officials can not be held jointly and severally liable for the damage to victims of sexual abuse.
The number continues to increase attacks on Apple operating systems. Security company FireEye expected in 2016 to encounter many Apple malware. Even systems like apple pay his target.
A British baby has miraculously recovered from an aggressive form of leukemia. The little Layla Richards was treated with a new kind of cell therapy and made miraculous progress.
A Colombian man is deceased after he got cancer of dwarf tapeworms in his body that had the disease.
