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- Charlie is a third year medical student at Magdalen currently studying FHS Neuroscience.
About Author: Charlie Coughlan
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![What links a famous Roman General, drummer of band Def Leppard and an ex-wife of a member of the Beatles? This rather unusual trio have […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Prosthetic_toe-195x110.jpg "Prosthetic Medicine: Past, Present and Future")
Prosthetic Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Posted on January 2, 2015 | No CommentsWhat links a famous Roman General, drummer of band Def Leppard and an ex-wife of a member of the Beatles? This rather unusual trio have […] -
![Last November, the X Factor judge and TV personality Sharon Osbourne caused quite a stir by revealing the latest in her long string of cosmetic […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Science-in-Society-Blog-final-draft-195x110.jpg "The Rise of the Designer Vagina")
The Rise of the Designer Vagina
Posted on March 17, 2014 | No CommentsLast November, the X Factor judge and TV personality Sharon Osbourne caused quite a stir by revealing the latest in her long string of cosmetic […] -
![A landmark study published in Science this month promises to revolutionise our understanding of heritability in plants. Dutch and French researchers have collaborated to show […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Revolutionary New Finding in Plant Genetics")
Revolutionary New Finding in Plant Genetics
Posted on February 13, 2014 | No CommentsA landmark study published in Science this month promises to revolutionise our understanding of heritability in plants. Dutch and French researchers have collaborated to show […] -
New study illustrates long-term effects of steroid use on muscle regain
Posted on November 3, 2013 | No CommentsA paper published in this month’s edition of the Journal of Physiology provides compelling evidence for the long-term beneficial effects of steroid use on muscle […] -
German Team Identify Potential Cure for Cerebral Palsy
Posted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsA team of German doctors have performed the first successful transplantation of umbilical cord stem cells for the treatment of cerebral palsy, a major cause […] -
Novel test for nickel allergies may improve joint replacement surgery
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsA team of American scientists has developed a new technique that will enable rapid and accurate screening for allergies in patients about to undergo joint […] -
Using Bacteria to Prevent the Spread of Malaria
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at Michigan State University have devised a novel strategy that could curtail the spread of one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases – […] -
Multiple Myeloma: A potential treatment for an incurable blood cancer
Posted on May 11, 2013 | 29 CommentsResearchers at a Swedish University have identified a protein which could revolutionise the prognosis for multiple myeloma, an incurable and terminal blood cancer. Multiple myeloma […] -
Link established between birthweight and autism
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsAn analysis of Swedish health records by researchers at the University of Manchester has demonstrated that both very small and very large babies exhibit a […] -
A cure for chronic anorexia nervosa?
Posted on March 19, 2013 | 2 CommentsA study published in The Lancet this week suggests that deep brain stimulation (DBS) could offer a cure for chronic and difficult-to-treat anorexia nervosa. Researchers […] -
Shocking News for the NHS
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have slammed the use of starch-based intravenous fluids in critically ill patients. The group analysed […] -
An epigenetic cure for cancer?
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 22 CommentsA review article by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine suggests that subtle changes in DNA expression patterns could be targeted to treat […]
