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![A UCL led study has shown a compelling link between an individual’s sense of meaning and purpose in life and increased lifespan. The study of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Social-media-logo-195x110.jpg "A Sense of Purpose Can Increase Lifespan")
A Sense of Purpose Can Increase Lifespan
Posted on November 16, 2014 | No CommentsA UCL led study has shown a compelling link between an individual’s sense of meaning and purpose in life and increased lifespan. The study of […] -
![There is nothing more mind-opening than having a first-person experience of a particular neurological condition. A group of alumni at Royal Holloway, University of London, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Experience the World Through the Hands of a Parkinson’s Sufferer")
Experience the World Through the Hands of a Parkinson’s Sufferer
Posted on November 11, 2014 | No CommentsThere is nothing more mind-opening than having a first-person experience of a particular neurological condition. A group of alumni at Royal Holloway, University of London, […] -
Well Fed? Three Oxford Academics Debate Combined Approaches to Environmental Sustainabilty and Health
Posted on November 8, 2014 | 3 CommentsLast week, at the Oxford Martin School, three academics – Professor Susan Jebb, Dr Tara Garnett and Professor Mike Raynor – met to discuss issues surrounding […] -
High Levels of Aluminium May Reduce Male Fertility
Posted on October 26, 2014 | No CommentsA worrying trend has been observed in the developed world for the last several decades, male fertility is decreasing. A recent publication from researchers at […] -
![Using a self-assembling DNA nanostructure, biomedical engineers at the University of North Carolina have developed a novel method for delivering drugs directly to cancer cells. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x169-115x115.jpg "DNA Nanostructures Target Drugs to Cancer Cells")
DNA Nanostructures Target Drugs to Cancer Cells
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 1 CommentUsing a self-assembling DNA nanostructure, biomedical engineers at the University of North Carolina have developed a novel method for delivering drugs directly to cancer cells. […] -
![Scientists at Michigan State University have devised a novel strategy that could curtail the spread of one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases – […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Using Bacteria to Prevent the Spread of Malaria")
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 – […] -
New Vaccine Could Help Control Autism-Associated Bacteria
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at the University of Guelph have announced the development of a new vaccine. The carbohydrate-based drug works against the gut bacteria Clostridium bolteae, which […] -
![A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that drinking coffee reduces risk of death. The study followed over 400,000 healthy […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Coffee consumption reduces mortality")
Coffee consumption reduces mortality
Posted on February 23, 2013 | No CommentsA study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that drinking coffee reduces risk of death. The study followed over 400,000 healthy […] -
Improve neonatal health with mothers’ milk
Posted on February 10, 2013 | No CommentsA study conducted in Chicago’s Rush University Medical Centre has sought to better understand how we should tend premature infants. The word has concluded that […] -
![Recent studies investigating the effectiveness of graphic warnings on cigarette packets and the link between genetics, smoking rates and taxation of cigarettes are just two […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "Tobacco, Obesity and Cancer: Politics and the Role of Science")
Tobacco, Obesity and Cancer: Politics and the Role of Science
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsRecent studies investigating the effectiveness of graphic warnings on cigarette packets and the link between genetics, smoking rates and taxation of cigarettes are just two […] -
New Combination of Treatments Could Help Combat Deadly Melanoma
Posted on December 23, 2012 | No CommentsScientists at Manchester University may have identified a new way of treating deadly melanoma cancer. They discovered that MITF (a protein which helps cells to […] -
![A study conducted at the Institute of Neurological Recovery in the US has revealed significant improvement in stroke patients receiving the anti-inflammatory drug etanercept – […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Improvement in stroke and trauma patients")
Improvement in stroke and trauma patients
Posted on November 4, 2012 | No CommentsA study conducted at the Institute of Neurological Recovery in the US has revealed significant improvement in stroke patients receiving the anti-inflammatory drug etanercept – […] -
![It is said that there are only two things in life that are certain: taxes and death. With the recent increase in VAT it is […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Age-before-beauty_preview-115x115.png "Age Before Beauty")
Age Before Beauty
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsIt is said that there are only two things in life that are certain: taxes and death. With the recent increase in VAT it is […] -
A Spoonful of Sugar
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Comments2011 is the International Year of Chemistry. Celebrating the amazing advances and discoveries made by researchers within the discipline, the high profile journal Nature has […]
