Health

Senior doctors end pay dispute with government

Photo of a striking doctor in glasses holding a placard, which reads 'pay restoration for doctors'

Union members vote for offer, which sees pay rise by nearly 20% in 2023-24 for some.

Prairie voles display signs of human-like depression

Researchers make the case that prairie voles, small rodents that are found throughout the central United States and Canada, can be effectively used as animal models to further the study of clinical depression.

Treatment with anti-inflammatory proteins following heart attack shows promise to reduce the risk of further heart damage

Research into the protective effects of two anti-inflammatory molecules, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF 1) and Heligmosomoides polygyrus TGM (HpTGM), following heart attack found that both proteins reduced the inflammatory response within the injured heart and reduced mature scarring. Anti-inflammatory therapy to treat patients following acute myocardial infarction is an exciting prospect that deserves further translational studies, report investigators.

An hereditary liver disease cured with the help of gene scissors

Researchers have succeeded in correcting a gene defect that causes a hereditary liver disease and its adverse effects on cells.

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