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Do dogs offer us a solution to our detection dilemma?

by • 20th May 2020

Durham University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have teamed up with the charity, Medical Detection Dogs, to investigate whether dogs can be used to...

UK drug manufacturing needs to be stepped up to combat future shortages

by • 19th May 2020

The shortage of PPE and ventilators has provided a huge challenge in the response to the coronavirus in this country. However, the supplies of some over-the-counter medication and...

PET Scans aid early dementia diagnosis

by • 9th March 2020

Louise Elliott on the latest ways to try and catch dementia early...

Small organism, big answers?

by • 2nd March 2020

Louise Elliott on efforts to study the origin of living things as we know them....

Are humans meant to hibernate?

by • 24th February 2020

Louise Elliott decides if we are programmed to sleep in winter...

Gut bacteria linked to increased bowel cancer risk

by • 25th November 2019

Louise Elliott on a new kind of bacteria that has been linkedto increased incidence of bowel cancer....

Polar Bear footprints used to develop ethical tracking techniques

by • 21st October 2019

Swedish scientists working with the WWF Alaska and the Department of Wildlife Management have been able to isolate DNA from left over cellular debris in snow pawprints of polar...

Survival rates of Advanced Skin Cancer soar with novel treatment

by • 13th October 2019

Louise Elliott discusses changes in the treatment for melanomas that are improving survival rates. ...