medicine Archive
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![Greta Keenan explores the exciting yet sinister world of Neurosurgery, after attending a talk by Jay Jayamohan who is a consultant surgeon at the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/podcast-115x115.png "Bang! Science Bites: Neurosurgery")
Bang! Science Bites: Neurosurgery
Posted on January 17, 2014 | No CommentsGreta Keenan explores the exciting yet sinister world of Neurosurgery, after attending a talk by Jay Jayamohan who is a consultant surgeon at the […] -
![How much would you pay to know your risk of developing cancer? American company Myriad Genetics offers such a ‘fortune-telling’ service for £2000, although the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Gene-Patents-Amber-Barton-195x110.png "A Myriad of Problems with Genetic Testing")
A Myriad of Problems with Genetic Testing
Posted on December 5, 2013 | No CommentsHow much would you pay to know your risk of developing cancer? American company Myriad Genetics offers such a ‘fortune-telling’ service for £2000, although the […] -
Bang! Debates… Three-Parent IVF
Posted on November 22, 2013 | No CommentsHowell Fu & Heidi Klumpe explain the science & ethics behind three-parent IVF: a technique which combines the DNA from the mother and father, […] -
![Dilute bleach can prevent ageing and damage to skin, according to latest research at the Stanford University School of Medicine. For decades, some doctors have […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Bleach Can Prevent Ageing and Skin Damage")
Bleach Can Prevent Ageing and Skin Damage
Posted on November 17, 2013 | No CommentsDilute bleach can prevent ageing and damage to skin, according to latest research at the Stanford University School of Medicine. For decades, some doctors have […] -
![If, like me, you’re one of the 8.4 million people who ‘like’ the ‘I F**king Love Science’ Facebook page, then you would have been stunned […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bang_blog_physiology-115x115.jpg "A Tendoncy for Inaccuracy: No New Body Part Was Discovered!")
A Tendoncy for Inaccuracy: No New Body Part Was Discovered!
Posted on November 15, 2013 | No CommentsIf, like me, you’re one of the 8.4 million people who ‘like’ the ‘I F**king Love Science’ Facebook page, then you would have been stunned […] -
Microbubbles and Drug Delivery – Bang! interviews Dr Eleanor Stride
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![LSD and psilocybin: brain-ravaging psychedelics or the future of mood disorder treatment? After an almost 40 year ban on medical research using psychedelics, pressure is […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/neuro-blog-cover-115x115.png "A trip through time: the past, present and future of psychedelics")
A trip through time: the past, present and future of psychedelics
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsLSD and psilocybin: brain-ravaging psychedelics or the future of mood disorder treatment? After an almost 40 year ban on medical research using psychedelics, pressure is […] -
New target for cancer treatment discovered
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers in the US have found a novel way to target cancer. Published in the journal Cell last week, the findings of a multi-institutional research […] -
Understanding headaches: medicine meets scientific research
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No CommentsOne of the many benefits of being involved in the neuroscience world at Oxford is the opportunity to witness the convergence of science and medicine. […] -
![On Monday 7th October 2013, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be announced in Stockholm, the home of the Nobel […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "Predicting the Nobel Prize")
Predicting the Nobel Prize
Posted on September 27, 2013 | 3 CommentsOn Monday 7th October 2013, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be announced in Stockholm, the home of the Nobel […] -
Bad Pharma
Posted on May 13, 2013 | 3 CommentsThe practices of large pharmaceutical companies and scientific journals could “cause hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year”. This was the stark message Dr […] -
Progenitor cells: the brain beyond neurons
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers from John Hopkins School of Medicine, led by Dwight Bergles, have discovered how progenitor cells, a type of brain cell, remain dynamic throughout life […] -
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 […] -
Mindfulness Meditation: Panacea or Placebo?
Posted on April 11, 2013 | 1 Comment“Now the shorter of following…” a calm voice drawls. I count my breath. Out 1,2,3. In 3,2,1. I feel proud of not getting distracted and […]
