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An international study involving hundreds of Dundee children has found that the most frequently prescribed medication for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents is safe to use long-term.

A new flexible, wearable medical device could provide a major boost in the fight against heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

Safer cancer drugs are now one step closer after a new study found the likely reason that some treatments damage the heart.

Blood clot researchers could benefit from a new device that mimics a human vein, replacing the need for animals for some studies.

Researchers have designed a new compound that offers the potential to prevent blood clots without any increased risk of bleeding, a common side effect of existing blood thinners.

Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that only gives up its payload when it binds to hyaluronic acid receptors on the surface of a lymphoma tumor. 

Researchers have discovered markers of disease that could help with targeted medical interventions by indicating the specific kind of tissue they are in.

A successful gene therapy trialed at Michigan State University in dogs with an inherited eye disease is ready to be developed for clinical use in human patients with a rare condition called retinitis pigmentosa.

A world-first trial has found a new genetic therapy for Alzheimer’s disease that is able to safely and successfully lower levels of the harmful tau protein known to cause the disease.

Researchers have used a "mini gene" therapy to replace a mutated gene in Usher Syndrome – which causes blindness and deafness.