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Month: February 2015

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”: The science behind the saying.

17th February 2015 luusciadmin Health, Pre-2017

In 2014, newspapers and other media sources were filled with claims that eating seven portions of fruit and vegetables a[…]

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Green light to AstraZeneca’s new home

15th February 2015 luusciadmin Nature, Pre-2017

Cambridge City Council has eventually conceded construction permission to AstraZeneca for its future Global Research and Development (R&D) Centre and[…]

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Casper Zebrafish as a Model Organism for Cancer Research

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Health, Nature, Pre-2017

Cancer remains a disease area that attracts a substantial amount of research and funding each year. Over the next two[…]

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Novel Compound could be developed into Anti-HIV vaccine

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Health, Pre-2017

The development of a novel compound that modulates HIV interaction with cells has led to an advance in the fight[…]

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The Public Perception of Animal Research

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Opinion, Pre-2017

Approximately half of the diseases in the world have no treatment. By understanding the human body and disease development through[…]

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The Public Perception of Science

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Opinion, Pre-2017

Many factors contribute towards the public’s perception of science: values, beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and the media, and is, undoubtedly, a[…]

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Personalised therapeutics: the future of medicine?

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Health, Pre-2017

The human genome is over 3 billion base pairs long. A mutation at any one of these bases could have[…]

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Climate Change Ate My Homework

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Nature, Pre-2017

Climatology and evolutionary biology are perhaps the most misunderstood of all modern scientific fields. Both seem to consistently appear in[…]

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The Obesity Epidemic: is Medical Advice the Cause? Part 2

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Health, Pre-2017

Recent scientific studies have identified a potential hormonal culprit of obesity. The hormone insulin regulates fat metabolism, and in fact,[…]

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The Obesity Epidemic: is Medical Advice the Cause? Part 1

1st February 2015 luusciadmin Health, Pre-2017

Over the last half-century, human body weight and body mass index (BMI) have dramatically increased in the Western world. But[…]

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