Health

Electric bandage holds promise for treating chronic wounds

Researchers have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds. In animal testing, wounds that were treated with these electric bandages healed 30% faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages.

First gene-editing therapy may cure blood disorder

The treatment for beta thalassaemia is to be offered on the NHS and uses Nobel Prize-winning technology....

Egg donors warned not to do it for the £986 cash

The compensation egg donors receive is rising, but they are being warned not to do it just for the money....

Pesticide contamination is more than apple skin deep

Pesticides and herbicides are critical to ensuring food security worldwide, but these substances can present a safety risk to people who unwittingly ingest them. Protecting human health, therefore, demands sensitive analytical methods to identify even trace levels of potentially harmful substances. Now, researchers have developed a high-tech imaging method to detect pesticide contamination at low levels, and its application on fruits reveals that current food safety practices may be insufficient.

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