News Medical is an online, open-access medical information provider for healthcare and life science professionals, medical researchers and engaged consumers. With visitors from over 200 countries, News Medical is regarded as a leading distributor of online medical and life science information. All material is produced by a team of specialist scientific and medical news editors. In addition to sourcing and curating the latest daily medical news, News Medical conducts and publishes interviews with experts in both academia and the healthcare industry through the Thought Leaders and Insights from Industry series. We also provide encyclopedic health articles, including some feature pieces contributed by experts as part of the MediKnowledge series. News Medical is owned and operated by AZoM.com Limited trading as AZoNetwork, a specialist online publisher of science and engineering websites based in the UK and Australia.