Immunotherapy: Supercharging the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 10 million deaths in 2020. Whilst traditional...
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How MedTech is Transforming Women’s Healthcare
Not so long ago the UK government conducted a survey titled ‘Women’s health - Let’s talk about it’ in 2021,...
The Sea Under The Surface
Research published in Science has confirmed the discovery of evidence that there could be oceans hundreds of kilometres beneath us....
Mitochondrial DNA is Making its Way Into the Human Genome
Billions of years ago, an important endosymbiotic event occurred in which an energy-producing bacterium was engulfed by a larger cell....
A Breath of Relief for the Scientific Community after Lula Win in Brazilian Elections
The triumph of former president Lula over controversial current president Jair Bolsonaro was welcomed by scientists, especially conservationists and environmentalists,...
Microplastics Found in Human Breastmilk for the First Time
The global production of plastics has reached monumental levels, with about 350 million tons produced per year. Widespread usage has...
Radio Signal Detected from a Galaxy 9 billion Light Years Away
The signal was detected by scientists in India, using their Giant Metrewave Radio telescope and a technique called gravitational lensing....
The Forgotten Mercury 13
The launch of NASA’s Artemis programme took place on the 14th of November 2022. Artemis I (an unmanned test flight),...
A Promising New Malaria Vaccine
Oxford University researchers and their collaborators have created a malaria vaccine that has the potential to "change the world". The...
Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cell Line
The story of Henrietta Lacks and her family is unfortunately one of many accounts where science and medicine have disenfranchised...
