Scientists in Japan may have discovered how to solve the problem of cell samples drying out during observations under the microscope – and they were inspired by the concept of cling film. In order to fully understand how biological cells function, it is important to be able to visualize them in their environment, on long-enough […]
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is a major global health concern but a new antibiotic class has now been found to be effective against the bacteria that causes the sexually-transmitted disease in the laboratory. Closthioamide, discovered in 2010, might eventually offer an alternative for current drugs that are becoming less effective against gonorrhoea, according to a paper published […]
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Mr Vinay Varadarajan, awarded an RSM Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship in December 2016, will be learning about pioneering surgery that allows the removal of benign and malignant tumours from the base of the skull when he travels to Vancouver later this year. Currently in the UK, this is an area of practise which is just beginning […]
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When it comes to treating pancreatic cancer, speed is of the essence. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease and less that seven per cent of patients will survive longer than five years past their diagnosis. The reason for this is that diagnosis is often made when the disease is advanced […]
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Bio-Detection Dog Kiwi searches for prostate cancer. She is one of the amazing dogs from Medical Detection Dogs […]
Can we eliminate the need for bone marrow donors? There is a chance that we can. At the moment, people who develop leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases often need to undergo a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (“HSCT”). This is because initial treatment of the disease (front-line therapy) often fails and the disease comes back. […]
In the High Court hearing in the case of Charlie Gard, held on Friday 14th July 2017, the judge ordered a clinical ethicist to chair what Counsel for the parents described as ‘maybe the most critical meeting this case has had’. This is a multi-disciplinary meeting of healthcare professionals, to be held today (Monday), which […]
Scientists have found a way to calm immune cells, reducing inflammation which can lead to diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and sepsis. In a study published this week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London and Ergon Pharmaceuticals, explain how blocking a single enzyme enabled them to reprogram […]
Scientists have found another crucial piece of the puzzle in how the microbiome – the ecosystem of bacteria living in our digestive tracts – helps to shape our health. According to a study published in the journal, Cell Reports, chemical signatures from gut bacteria which show up in urine can be used to predict how the […]
Technology should be used to boost empathy-based medicine, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Existing digital technologies must be exploited to enable a paradigm shift in current healthcare delivery which focuses on tests, treatments and targets rather than the therapeutic benefits of empathy. Dr Jeremy Howick […]