A cheap drug used to treat brittle bones helps halt breast cancer in its tracks, scientists report today. When used with a common chemotherapy drug, the tumours all but stopped growing - and the cancer remained at bay even after treatment had...

Scientists at the Sheffield University revealed that they have evolved a secure method to dispense the toxic gas carbon monoxide (CO) in a way that could help organ transplant patients. Though too much of the gas is lethal, infinitesimal doses...

This is one ‘bloody’ invention which brings hopes especially for the umpteen soldiers who die in the war zone for want of blood. A bunch of Sheffield University researchers has developed plastic blood, which would act as a substitute...