Moment the coronavirus infects a healthy cell is captured for the first time using a microscope that can magnify objects up to two million times Researchers in Brazil used a powerful electron microscope to capture the image The first image shows the virus as it is about to infect the healthy cell samples Images were … Read more
Government officials across the United States are using cellphones of millions in the country to get a better understanding of how the virus is spreading. The federal government through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state and local governments have started reviewing data about the presence and movement of people from certain geographic areas using … Read more
A Chinese doctor who runs a lab in Wuhan – ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic – claims he could save thousands of lives after making a breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly pathogen, DailyMailTV can reveal. Dr. Dongcheng Wu, an expert in stem cell therapy, said he has successfully treated nine patients who … Read more
A simple blood test could now be used to diagnose sickle cell disease in unborn babies The test is usually performed by inserting a needle into the mother’s abdomen But now a blood test could be used instead after a study on 64 pregnant women Test provided conclusive results for 60 of them and was … Read more
Convicted robber escaped HMP Sudbury by placing dummy in his cell then scaling 10ft walls and fleeing for weekend away in Skegness as girlfriend who helped him walks free from court Luke Harey, 30, was jailed for 12 years in 2014 for a robbery in Leicestershire Girlfriend Hannah Smith, 30, from Erdington, was given six-month … Read more
Prison installs landline phones in every cell so inmates can call helpline if they feel depressed in a bid to cut suicide rates La Moye prison In Jersey has installed landline telephones in every cell Inmates can call a suicide prevention helpline staffed by fellow prisoners Each on-shift ‘listener’ has been on a ten-week … Read more
Scientists on the cusp of curing blindness with pioneering treatment that injects stem cells into the back of patients’ eyeballs British firm reported early success with procedure that repairs damaged retina Treatment involves growing billions of ‘progenitor’ stem cells in a laboratory Have the ability to transform themselves into other types of cell There is … Read more