Nobel laureates call on EU to relax rules on genetic modification Open letter says lawmakers must ‘reject fearmongering’ and allow scientists to develop crops that can withstand ‘climate emergency’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024
50 years of Cancer Research UK: how small successes over time are leading to better outcomes for people with cancer Thanks to advances in scientific research and policy, people diagnosed with cancer in 2024 can expect kinder treatments and better outcomes. Here, Nic Fleming looks back over 50 years of dedication, innovation and progress The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024
A Biochemist Reveals The One Tech That Could Revolutionize Drug Discovery How mRNA-based drugs interact with the immune system and how they are degraded in human cells can help lead to safe, durable, and effective treatments. Inverse · Jan 9, 2024
CRISPR Gene-Editing Could Revolutionize Medicine If Scientists Can Agree On One Thing Several factors determine which avenues of drug discovery that people in research and pharmaceutical companies focus on. Inverse · Dec 22, 2023
Key Mechanism Uncovered In Gut Bacteria Could Help Solve Constipation A new study identifies genes in gut microbes important for alleviating constipation by digesting a plant fiber known as arabinan. Inverse · Nov 22, 2023
New Anti-aging Molecule May Work By Keeping the Cell's "Powerhouse" Healthy Scientists discovered a natural compound that makes our cellular recycling and waste management system work better. Inverse · Nov 16, 2023
Goodbye Statins? New Gene Editing Therapy Slashes High Cholesterol A new gene therapy targeting an enzyme involved in familial hypercholesterolemia slashes bad cholesterol in a small clinical trial. Inverse · Nov 13, 2023
Is the Multiverse Real? Why One Force Still Baffles Most Physicists Multiverse theorists bring in the “anthropic principle” — that because we exist, we could not have observed a universe incompatible with life. Inverse · Nov 12, 2023
“Vampire Viruses” That Viciously Attack Other Viruses May Be The Ultimate Antiviral Treatment Viruses can get sick in the sense that their normal function is impaired. Inverse · Nov 11, 2023
Uranus Will Be Bright in the Sky This Month — Here’s How to See It Jupiter will be there too, but that ruins the joke. Inverse · Nov 2, 2023
Weird Starquakes Could Be Triggering Bursts of Radio Waves In the Universe Some neutron stars could have cracks on the surface, creating starquakes and triggering fast radio bursts screaming out into space. Inverse · Oct 15, 2023
This Dangerous Infectious Disease Could Radically Change Over the Next Century Disease-causing fungi are likely to thrive in a warmer, stormier world — and more of them might be poised to make the leap to infecting people Inverse · Oct 8, 2023
More Than 100 Years Later, Physicists Still Haven't Cracked Superconductivity Superconductivity has always been tricky to prove because some metals can masquerade as superconductors. Inverse · Oct 7, 2023
Dopamine Might Have An Unexpected Function That Could Reshape Our Understanding Of Brain Conditions One type of dopamine neuron has an unexpected function that could reshape how scientists, clinicians, and the public understand this neurotransmitter. Inverse · Sep 24, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2023 Share your experience of travelling outside the UK for IVF We want to hear from people in the UK who have travelled abroad for fertility treatments about their experiences
The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2023 Q&A: is leprosy back in the US? The CDC has issued a warning to Florida visitors after reporting a surge in cases in the state
The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023 No longer bog standard: how loo roll became a UK status symbol Since the pandemic toilet paper has come out of the shadows to take centre stage in UK bathrooms
Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023 Dementia warning as expert explains link with common mental health disorder as cases rise Depression is on the rise in the US with diagnosed numbers leaping to 29 per cent of all adults - but this common mental disorder has a clear connection to dementia, an expert has warned
Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2023 Malaria signs, symptoms and how to avoid it as cases found for first time in 20 years Five people have been diagnosed with malaria in Florida and Texas as the potentially-fatal disease spreads across parts of the US
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023 Fighting for Life by Isabel Hardman; Critical by Dr Julia Grace Patterson reviews – is the NHS really on its last legs? The triumphs and the tribulations… former health secretary Alan Johnson on two very different books seeking to take the pulse of our national health service on its 75th anniversary
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2023 A mother jailed for procuring her own miscarriage. Is that what we want in 21st-century Britain? The use of archaic abortion legislation shows that reproductive rights hang by a slender thread, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 Share your experience of private fertility treatment in the UK We are interested in hearing from people in the UK about their experience of private treatments
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023 New free online 'bone checker' could slash risk of premature death Useful tool may help raise awareness and lessen chances of suffering a fracture - which can knock up to seven years off your life
LiveScience · May 17, 2023 What are the heaviest organs in the human body? Which of the body's organs weigh the most? The answer may surprise you.
LiveScience · Apr 10, 2023 25 of the strangest ancient sea monsters The fossil record is filled with strange marine animals that would look like sea monsters if they were alive today.