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End of the line for β cells?
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsResearch published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation this week from scientists at the University of Pittsburgh has cast doubt on the ability of adult […] -
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 […] -
Human Engineers have a lot to Learn from ‘Simple’ Animals
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsMuch of our current robotics technology trails far behind what nature can achieve, but exciting research being done in the Oxford department of Zoology could […] -
![It’s been a full term for Oxford Psychology Society. We had a couple of really fun socials as well as lots of interesting speaker events. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/false-memory-115x115.png "PsychSoc – what happened in Hilary")
PsychSoc – what happened in Hilary
Posted on March 10, 2013 | No CommentsIt’s been a full term for Oxford Psychology Society. We had a couple of really fun socials as well as lots of interesting speaker events. […] -
Oxford scientists pave way for new method of detecting cancer cells
Posted on March 10, 2013 | 1 CommentOxford scientists have identified ways to dramatically improve a technique for isolating cells by magnetic sorting. This technique uses a tiny magnetic bead coated in […] -
Scientists ‘cure’ a child born infected with HIV
Posted on March 4, 2013 | 103 CommentsDoctors in the US have for the first time seemingly cured a child who was born infected with HIV. The child, now two and half, has […] -
Mental illness patterns probed
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsSymptoms of mental illness may appear in a diagnosable pattern long before individuals reach adulthood. A report in 2005 by Kessler et al. at Harvard […] -
Rose-tinted spectacles: Trusting partners show memory bias
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsWhy is trust so important in romantic relationships? One recent finding is that it helps people to forgive and forget when their partners do something […] -
New technique allows researchers to watch memory formation!
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsA team of researchers at Stanford University have developed a new technique that allows them to watch a population of hippocampal neurons firing in real […] -
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 […] -
Packaging that measures food freshness closer to reality with plastic electronics
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsA new low-cost plastic sensor circuit has been developed that could be used in food packaging to detect spoilage. This new technology, presented last week […] -
Antagonistic balance of proteins safeguard against cancer
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsThe ribosomal proteins, Rpl22 and Rpl22-like1, are both crucial for the development of T-cells (a type of blood cell), and were previously thought to carry […] -
Discovery of Two New Supernovae will help Further Scientists’ Understanding of Space
Posted on March 2, 2013 | No CommentsTwo new supernovae have been identified by researchers at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The older of the two has been given the colloquial […] -
HIV ‘steals’ proteins from human cells
Posted on March 2, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers at John Hopkins University have identified 25 new proteins that HIV-1 viruses might take from human cells. These could be used as a treatment […]
