Jury rules Reckitt did not steal trade secrets for its premature-ejaculation spray K-Y

Jun 12, 2022 16:07 pm UTC| Law Economy Business Health

UK consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser LLC created its K-Y-branded premature ejaculation spray without stealing trade secrets from a small pharmaceutical company, according to a jury in a New Jersey federal...

Researchers 'mask' cancer drug to spare healthy tissues while killing tumors

Jun 07, 2022 23:33 pm UTC| Health Science Economy

The University of Chicagos Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering has designed a method to keep a promising cancer drug from wreaking havoc until it reaches a tumor. As many cancer drugs often attack both healthy...

S. Korean Institute develops AR Technology for breast cancer surgery

May 31, 2022 22:39 pm UTC| Health Science Economy Business

The Korea Photonics Technology Institute has developed a free-space augmented reality (AR) system that allows examination of breast cancer tissues location and shape through the naked eye. The system, developed in...

S. Korea to stop requiring flight attendants to wear protective suits on int’l routes

May 29, 2022 23:25 pm UTC| Economy Business Life Health

The South Korean government will lift the requirement of wearing protective clothing for flight attendants on international routes from next month in an effort to hasten a return to normalcy for flights abroad. The...

S. Korean scientists use mussel adhesive protein to connect severed nerve segments

May 28, 2022 23:40 pm UTC| Health Science Economy

South Korean scientists have developed a method using mussel adhesive protein to connect severed nerve ends without the need to use suture threads. A joint research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology,...

Monkeypox: we have vaccines and drugs to treat it

May 28, 2022 11:55 am UTC| Health

Medicines are not normally needed to treat monkeypox. The illness is usually mild and most people infected will recover within a few weeks without needing treatment. But there are vaccines that can be used to control...

Abortion and inherited disease: Genetic disorders complicate the view that abortion is a choice

May 23, 2022 13:17 pm UTC| Health

With the rising spectre of the loss of womens reproductive autonomy in the United States, its timely to consider why abortion is an important and necessary part of pregnancy and fetal care. More consideration needs to be...