Coronavirus – a breakdown
Image credit: Katie Chao and Ben Muessig via Flickr 2019-nCoV, a previously unknown type of coronavirus, emerged in the central...
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Protein power: Dementia study reinforces role of damaging proteins in Alzheimer’s disease
Andy Pipa via Flickr A study, led by Professor Tara-Spires Jones at the University of Edinburgh, has elucidated the role...
This tiny, brazilian frog may have harnessed the power of fluorescence to communicate with other animals
During the rainy season, from mid-October to March, a small, bright yellow frog prowls the floor of the Brazilian Atlantic...
Bacteria may be travelling through the air to share DNA
A research group has discovered that bacteria in remote, isolated regions share some stretches of DNA and are suggesting that...
New hope for targeting ‘Sleeping Sickness’
Sleeping sickness, caused by single celled species Trypanosoma brucei, is a fatal vector-borne parasitic disease. The parasite is found in...
What is that caramel flavoured e-cigarette doing to your lungs?
When Ernst and Young, one of the largest accounting firms in the world, conducted a global survey as to why...
Can cannabis curb the challenges of autism?
Cannabis has long been a contentious substance in many societies. Holding a class B classification in the United Kingdom (UK)...
Could stem cells pave the way to effective cancer treatment?
Blood is vital for our survival. With approximately 10 pints running through our veins, our blood has three main functions;...
A genetic link between inflammation and depression?
Whilst there are many different cell types in our body, each contains the same DNA. In order to perform their...