Ebola warning
Swift action needed to curb Ebola outbreak, study warns
Unless Ebola control measures in West Africa are enhanced quickly, more than 20,000 people will have been infected by early November, experts predict.
Stories written by Samuel Wong
Hair raising
Movember Centre of Excellence powers prostate cancer research
Funds raised by men who grow moustaches for Movember have helped to set up a new centre for prostate cancer research.
Stepping up
Imperial celebrates 2014 academic promotions
Imperial has recognised the research and teaching successes of many of its academics with the 2014 round of promotions.
treating heads
Xenon gas protects the brain after head injury
Treatment with xenon gas after a head injury reduces the extent of brain damage, according to a study in mice.
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DEADLY LEGACY
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cases linked with asbestos exposure
Some cases of the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) may be linked with asbestos exposure, according to the results of a new study.
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social slimming
Social networking can help people lose weight
Social networking programmes designed to help people lose weight could play a role in the global fight against obesity, according to research.
Good snooze
Sleep apnoea treatment is effective for older people
Continuous positive airway pressure is effective at treating sleep apnoea in older people, a new study has found.
Double up
For polio, two vaccines are better than one
Using both live and inactivated polio vaccines could help speed the global eradication of polio, a new study reports.
Gene networks
Scientists uncover drug targets for arthritis and inflammatory kidney disease
Scientists at Imperial College London have discovered new drug targets to treat inflammatory disease by studying the "social networks" of genes.
New therapy tested
Stem cells show promise for stroke in pilot study
A stroke therapy using stem cells extracted from patients' bone marrow has shown promising results in the first trial of its kind in humans.
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