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Maya Witowska
Jan 25, 20216 min read
The first person cured of HIV.
What can we learn from Timothy Ray Brown – the first person cured of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)? According to the UNAIDS...
Deborah Allen
Jan 23, 20213 min read
COVID-19 Vaccine: Stories from the frontline
Accounts from those who have had the vaccination.
William Wolf
Jan 3, 20216 min read
The Conceptual History of Black Holes
It has been quite a decade for Einstein’s general theory of relativity. From LIGO detecting gravitational waves from inspiraling black...
Yavuz F. Yazicioglu
Dec 4, 20204 min read
Optogenetics: Enlightenment through the Genetics
Genetics is no doubt one of the most rapidly developing biomedical fields in our century. Having added a little physics to it, the field...
Deborah Allen
Nov 29, 20205 min read
When Statistics and Ethics Collide: questioning DALYs
Disability-Adjusted Life Years are a statistical measure underpinned by the principle that the life of a person with a disability is...
Helen Clay
Nov 26, 20206 min read
A (really) good trip: could psychedelics be the cure for your depression?
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and debilitating condition. In any given week 3 in 100 people will be diagnosed with...
Maya Witowska
Nov 21, 20207 min read
Rabies as a key component to cure COVID-19? The current state of vaccine development against the SAR
It seems as though we hear about new approaches to vaccines for COVID-19 almost every day. This article will focus on a rather unusual...
Natalie Spencer
Nov 19, 20204 min read
Technological Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Lego
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has left the realms of dystopian novels and become its own reality. AI is a world that we are familiar with...
Winni Yang
Nov 15, 20206 min read
Coronavirus exceptionalism: towards a universal role of citizens and government in the age of COVID
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” -Rousseau The history of Western political thought is fraught with tensions between...
Helen Clay
Oct 27, 20205 min read
“A carbon net zero NHS”: an impossible goal?
Healthcare as a service creates a huge amount of waste and greenhouse gases, from medicine production, to disposing of gloves for...
Gracia Gu
Oct 27, 20203 min read
The Wisdom Buried in Ashes: Discovery of Glassy Neurons from 79 AD
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in southern Italy, in 79 AD, was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in...
Millie Zhou
Oct 27, 20204 min read
So Many Vaccines, So Little Time
Vaccines ordinarily require several years of research and clinical trials. However, scientists around the world are racing to develop a...
Carissa Drake
Oct 24, 20204 min read
Old drug, new tricks: the growing trend of drug repurposing
How has the concept of drug repurposing been harnessed to treat poorly understood conditions or novel diseases like COVID-19?
Josefina Maria Orliacq
Oct 21, 20205 min read
Clinical trials in the spotlight: what are they, and do we really need them?
Certainly, scientific research has become one of 2020’s protagonists. From the smallest local newspapers to the largest media companies,...
Varsha Ramineni
Oct 17, 20204 min read
Modelling in the Public Sector: A level Algorithm
Modelling in the public sector has its unique challenges. The recent disruption to A level examinations in the UK, and the subsequent...
Evangelia Nathanail
Oct 15, 202010 min read
Nobel Prizes 2020: Winners, predictions and impressions
The Oscars of science – the Nobel Prizes 2020 – have come to an end and have brought eleven excellences in their field to the global...
Daattavya Aggarwal
Oct 14, 20203 min read
Is herd immunity the magical solution to infectious disease?
Herd immunity is a term that has risen in public consciousness as a long-term solution for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read on to...
Deborah Allen
Oct 13, 20206 min read
Africa Certified Free from Wild Polio: a Silver Lining for Global Health
A date to remember: on 25th August 2020, the WHO African region was declared free of wild polio.
Yavuz F. Yazicioglu
Oct 11, 20205 min read
Does COVID care about age?
A well-balanced immune system is the key to health, and the years flown away from your calendar have been breaking this crucial balance...
Gracia Gu
Oct 10, 20205 min read
How Birds Know Where to Fly; Natural Instincts in Animals
We are all familiar with these behaviours: a few months old human baby grasps objects placed in their palms; a parent herring gull taps...
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