Getty Images From :- BBC health news By :- Miriam Frankel Editted by :- Amal Udawatta The 4,000-year-old drug, most commonly used to treat pain, prevents certain tumours from forming and spreading across the body – findings that are already changing health policies. Nick James, a British furniture maker in his mid-40s, first became concerned about his health after his mother died from cancer and his brother, along with several other family members, later developed bowel cancer. He opted to undergo genetic testing, and was found to be carrying a faulty gene which causes Lynch Syndrome, a condition that significantly increases the risk of developing that type of cancer. Help came from an unexpected place, however, when James became the first person to sign up for a clinical trial that set out to test whether a daily dose of aspirin – the over-the-counter painkiller – could protect against developing cancer. Depending on the type of gene mutation, 10-80% of people with Lynch syndrome...
From :- BBC World News By :- Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, Alison Francis, Senior Science Journalist, Kevin Church and Emily Selvadurai Edited by :- Amal Udawatta NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA's Space Launch System rocket carries the Artemis II crew into orbit and then toward the Moon The four astronauts of Artemis II say their mission gave the world a sense of hope and unity at a time when both feel in short supply. At their first Nasa news conference since returning last Friday, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen said they left as friends and came back as something closer - bound by an experience that no earthly language can fully contain. More than the technical milestones, the mission reminded them of what being human actually means: laughter, joy, tears, and an instinct toward one another that transcends borders. And their message was clear: Landing on the Moon is not the distant dream it once seemed. "We wanted to go out and try to do ...