Cure

Scientists have discovered a gene variant that causes a common type of high blood pressure – and found a cure. A simple surgical procedure saw patients with previously severe hypertension needing no drugs or further treatment for years afterwards.

Colloidal silver, herbal supplements and essential oils are among a number of products currently being fraudulently promoted as cures for COVID-19, as the US Food and Drug Administration targets seven companies peddling unproven treatments.

The FDA is again warning the public to avoid consuming a product called Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS). Despite over a decade of health warnings and cases of death, the sham product, which is essentially bleach, is still being consumed as a miracle cure for everything from autism to cancer and HIV.

A clinical trial taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been terminated early due to the success of two drugs being investigated to treat the Ebola virus. The two drugs have displayed incredible survival rates, especially if given at the earliest stages of infection.

A new four-year follow-up study on the efficacy of a probiotic-based peanut allergy cure has revealed the majority of the original successful participants still displaying tolerance to peanuts, paving the way for the final phase of trials to bring the treatment to the public.

​Last year, a proof-of-concept study described how the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool could be used to eliminate HIV from infected cells. In a potential step towards a permanent cure, the team has shown that the technique keeps the virus from spreading, and in latent cases, rips it from its hideout.

Malaria is a common and dangerous disease, killing hundreds of thousands of people each year. Now, scientists have developed a synthetic protein which not only completely cures the disease in mice, but also prevents it from recurring down the track.

A new LED device could aid in skin cancer treatment.

Welsh scientists successfully 'clone' human virus

Researchers believe they may have found the key to keeping the flu virus from self-replicating.

An Italian doctor has been getting dramatic results with a new type of treatment for Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, which affects up to 2.5 million people worldwide.

Research in ophthalmology has delivered promising results through a gene therapy that could safely eradicate color blindness based on the successful treatment of two squirrel monkeys with defective color perception.