by John McMillan | Aug 1, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Franklin Nobrega, University of Southampton If bacteria had a list of things to fear, phages would be at the top. These viruses are built to find, infect and kill them – and they have been doing it for billions of years. Now that ancient battle is offering clues for...
by John McMillan | Jul 25, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Eef Hogervorst, Loughborough University More and more research suggests that the copper in your diet could play a bigger role in brain health than we once believed. A recent study found that older Americans who ate more copper-rich foods did better on memory and...
by John McMillan | Jul 4, 2025 | Ethics, Medical Research
Laurenz Casser, University of Sheffield At some point between conception and early childhood, pain makes its debut. But when exactly that happens remains one of medicine’s most challenging questions. Some have claimed that foetuses as young as twelve weeks can already...
by John McMillan | May 23, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Bradley Elliott, University of Westminster A 115-year-old Surrey woman named Ethel Caterham has officially been handed the title of the oldest living human alive. Many people reading this news may wonder what Caterham’s secret is. While it isn’t usually a good idea to...
by admin | May 16, 2025 | Health, Medical Research
Tiarna Lee, King’s College London Imagine an AI model that can use a heart scan to guess what racial category you’re likely to be put in – even when it hasn’t been told what race is, or what to look for. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real. My recent...
by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | COVID-19, Medical Research
Dr. Phlip McMillan, John McMillan Four years ago, Belgian virologist Geert Vanden Bossche argued that mass vaccination could drive the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants capable of evading our immune defences. The idea sounded remote in 2021, but the continuous...
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