Illustration of the drug rapamycin (red) blocking a protein called mTOR (blue) Science Photo Library/Alamy The drug rapamycin’s anti-ageing effects could at least partly be due to it preventing DNA damage in our immune cells – an understanding that might help us unleash its potential as a life extender. Originally developed as an immune suppressant … Read more
Energy drinks may perk you up, but high consumption could be damaging your teeth Shutterstock/francesco de marc Fortifying energy drinks with a calcium concoction could reduce the damage they do to teeth, but it isn’t clear whether this would affect their taste. Studies suggest that dental enamel, teeth’s protective outer covering, starts to dissolve when … Read more
A human vascular organoid generated from stem cells Melero-Martin Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital Tiny balls of lab-grown blood vessels helped restore blood flow to injured tissue in mice, minimising necrosis. This approach could one day be used to reduce some of the damage caused by accidents or blood clots. Researchers have previously made clumps of … Read more
Kidney disease can lead to high blood pressure and infections Mohammed Haneffaa Nizamudeen/Getty Images The damage to the body caused by the most common type of inherited kidney disease was thought to be irreversible. But now, animal studies suggest that correcting the responsible mutations via Crispr gene editing can reverse at least some of it. … Read more
“Jessie’s Girl” rocker Rick Springfield says he lives with the lasting toll of a gnarly fall that happened decades ago. The Grammy-winning musician, 75, said a recent full-body MRI scan revealed he has brain damage connected to an onstage tumble he took during a Las Vegas concert in 2000. The “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and … Read more
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Liam Payne died last October at the age of 31 The family of pop star Liam Payne have criticised the media for causing “indescribable, lasting damage” through its coverage of his death. In a statement released on Sunday morning, the family said that persistent “attention and speculation” in the … Read more
