Coronavirus: Plasma treatment to be trialled →
The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease. BBC NEWS
Read MoreCoronavirus: Hospital to trial 'glimmer of hope' blood treatment →
A potential new treatment for coronavirus being trialled at a hospital in Wales offers patients a "glimmer of hope", specialists say. BBC NEWS
Read MoreUK begins trial of HIV medicine, steroid as possible COVID-19 treatments →
Oxford University scientists are testing AbbVie's Kaletra, normally used to treat HIV, with the steroid dexamethasone. OPENLY
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Read MoreRepurposing drugs to fight cancer →
While doctors are allowed to use drugs approved for one disease to treat another condition, many don’t because approval to do so doesn’t appear on the label. But that may be changing. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreEbola: the race to find a cure →
In October, scientists set out to do something unprecedented – conduct a drugs trial during an epidemic to find a treatment for a lethal disease. Could they make history and change the way we deal with outbreaks? THE GUARDIAN
Read More'They remind me of my twins': how lifelike dolls are helping people with dementia →
Doll therapy, using toys that appear to breathe and have a heartbeat, is being introduced in care homes and day centres. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreMarketing psychiatric drugs to jailers and judges →
Drug companies are courting jails and judges through sophisticated marketing efforts. THE ATLANTIC
Read MoreAI system outperforms experts in spotting breast cancer →
An artificial intelligence program has been developed that is better at spotting breast cancer in mammograms than expert radiologists. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreCancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective' →
In a world first, doctors in the UK are trialling an innovative new way of delivering targeted chemotherapy to cancer tumours, which could improve treatment and lead to fewer side effects for patients. BBC NEWS
Read MoreDeal slashes preventive TB medicine price by nearly 70% →
Global pharmaceutical company Sanofi has agreed to slash the price of its preventive tuberculosis medicine as part of a major deal that is expected to benefit an estimated 1.7 billion people. DEVEX
Read MoreBrain hack: the quest for new treatments for eating disorders →
New treatment innovations are urgently needed for eating disorders, which affect an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK. A project using rTMS, a form of brain stimulation therapy, has shown encouraging early results. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreNew treatment extends life of advanced melanoma patients →
Half of people diagnosed with advanced melanoma, which once had dismal survival rates, are now living for five years or more when they receive a combination immunotherapy treatment, a study has shown. THE GUARDIAN
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