Some Coma Patients Stay Conscious, New Research Hopes To Identify Them
Some individuals with brain injuries could seem to be in a coma, but they are not. Though they are unable to physically react, they are able to absorb what is going on around them.
SA Study: Some People Are Capable Of Making HIV-Neutralising Antibodies
A team of South African scientists has discovered that certain people’s blood is capable of producing antibodies that can kill nine of ten known strains of HIV.
Man Wakes From Seven Year Coma After Being Given Sleeping Pill
Imagine your last memory being in 2005. It certainly was a different world back then – no black US president, no iPhones, no Facebook. This is what happened to Ayanda Nqinana, who was put into a coma following a late night crash on a lonely Eastern Cape road in 2005.
Home Test Kit For HIV Approved, On Sale In Months
On Tuesday, the FDA approved the first ever over-the-counter, at-home test for HIV. The test will offer customers complete privacy and could be on shelves in the States as soon as October.
Paralysed Woman Controls Prosthesis, With Her Mind
Science! Technology! In a worldwide medical first, researchers have successfully implanted a computer-mind interface into the motor cortex of a 58-year-old, quadriplegic woman which allowed her to control a robotic limb using only the power of her mind. The future is now.
Canadian Researchers May Have A Vaccine For Aids [VIDEO]
Canadian researchers recently received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence testing an HIV vaccine on humans.