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While Bliss wanted a baby that was biologically her, she didnt want to get pregnant (Photo: AFP)

Mum dies from rare dementia years after catching it from own baby...

Doctors believe son inherited mutated gene responsible for disease from father, before passing it back to his mother...

28 Nov 2018 4:49 PM IST

Hospitals sterilise surgical equipment with high-pressure steam, chemicals that kill viruses and bacteria, but this may not be adequate. (Photo: Pixabay)

Brain-maiming protein may have spread via surgery: study

Hygiene standards are more stringent now, but the capacity of brain-attacking proteins to withstand sterilisation is...

17 Feb 2018 2:27 PM IST