Early, partial results from a historic gene editing study give encouraging signs that the treatment may be safe and having at least some of its hoped-for effect, but it's too soon to know whether it...

Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a rare cancer. Her tumor was too advanced, they said — even though Goudge had a friend ready to...

Imagine the thrill of discovery when more than 10 years of research on the origin of a common genetic disease, cystic fibrosis (CF), results in tracing it to a group of distinct but mysterious...

Esplora presented the Education Programme 2018-2019 and the Planetarium Live Shows during the launch eventwhich took place at the Esplora Planetarium Building, Kalkara this evening. Esplora's mission...

Get ready for this Sunday's October issue of Taste&Flair out with The Malta Independent. It's our colourful autumn inspired issue. Do you love our front cover as much as we...

Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do naturally – may one day be possible.    Big business is taking this...

A group of migrants who disembarked in Malta in August and September, left for Spain. The migrants, who departed on Thursday, arrived in Malta on August 15 on board the MV Aquarius, on...

"We are not taking away a single warrant" from teachers, Education Minister Evarist Bartolo said in a video message to celebrate the occasion of World Teachers' Day. Bartolo said that for him,...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has said that the Malta Union of Teachers were consulted a number of times prior to the announcement of the proposed Education Act, in comments given to the...

Education Minister Evarist Bartolo expressed his disappointment at the Malta Union of Teachers’ (MUT) decision to call a strike across all schools next Monday, questioning them for acting like...