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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...

COVID-19 Vaccine: Stories from the frontline

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...

Optogenetics: Enlightenment through the Genetics

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...

When Statistics and Ethics Collide: questioning DALYs

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...

Technological Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Lego

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...

Coronavirus exceptionalism: towards a universal role of citizens and government in the age of COVID

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...

“A carbon net zero NHS”: an impossible goal?

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...

The Wisdom Buried in Ashes: Discovery of Glassy Neurons from 79 AD

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...

Old drug, new tricks: the growing trend of drug repurposing

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?

Clinical trials in the spotlight: what are they, and do we really need them?

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,...

Modelling in the Public Sector: A level Algorithm

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...

Nobel Prizes 2020: Winners, predictions and impressions

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...

Is herd immunity the magical solution to infectious disease?

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...

How Birds Know Where to Fly; Natural Instincts in Animals

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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