Fungi in the gut prime immunity against infection
Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to respond to…
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Study identifies ‘Achilles heel’ of bacteria linked to Crohn’s disease
The discovery of an ‘Achilles heel’ in a type of gut bacteria that causes intestinal…
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New research sheds light on vision loss in Batten disease
Progressive vision loss, and eventually blindness, are the hallmarks of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL)…
New microscopy concept enters into force
The first demonstration of an approach that inverts the standard paradigm of scanning probe microscopy…
New drug targets for childhood cancer neuroblastoma identified
The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has discovered that…
Civil engineers find link between hospitals and schools key to community resilience
Health care and education systems are two main pillars of a community’s stability. How well…
Breakthrough in quantum photonics promises a new era in optical circuits
Researchers have shown that single photons can be emitted in a uniform way from quantum…
New way to power up nanomaterials for electronic applications
Materials scientists have discovered that perovskites, a class of promising materials that could be used…
The Challenge of the Mutant Variants
After a year of the coronavirus pandemic raging across the globe, it looked like vaccines…
Healthy oceans need healthy soundscapes
Rain falls lightly on the ocean’s surface. Marine mammals chirp and squeal as they swim…
A Common Plant Takes on a Rare Cancer
Q BioMed has received Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA to develop a unique liver…
Switching nanolight on and off
The report demonstrates a new method to control the flow of light of nanolight. Optical…
In symbiosis: Plants control the genetics of microbes
Researchers have discovered that plants may be able to control the genetics of their intimate…
Walter Marshall
bmj;372/feb05_10/n328/FAF1faWalter Marshall (“Terry”) ran a general practice in Constable Country from 1961 to 1996. He…
Physician, heal thyself? Leaving healers at risk of covid-19 is unacceptable
We read the reports from Israel suggesting that one dose of Pfizer vaccine could be…
Prem Chandra Misra
bmj;372/feb05_8/n324/FAF1faPrem Chandra Misra arrived in the UK in 1968 and specialised in psychiatry. He met…
Richard H R White
bmj;372/feb05_7/n320/FAF1faRichard H R White (“Dick”) was born on 6 November 1926 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He graduated…
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Gyandev Punyadev Sheth
bmj;372/feb05_6/n323/FAF1faGyandev Punyadev Sheth was born in India. He and his wife, Jyotika, moved to England…
Brian Garston
bmj;372/feb05_5/n331/FAF1faBrian Garston grew up in Ainsdale, Southport, and qualified from nearby Liverpool University Medical School….
Cervical cancer screening in older women
Most women in the UK aged over 65 years have never had a test for…
How to vaccinate the world against covid-19
When Senjuti Saha, a scientist at the Child Health Research Foundation in Bangladesh, saw pictures…
A wrist injury
A man in his 20s presented with deformity and severe pain in his left shoulder…
Sixty seconds on . . . Contagion
As in, when a disease is spread by touching someone or something?Well, yes. But the…
optical coating can simultaneously reflect and transmit the same wavelength, or color
The technology, based on Fano resonance, results in a coating that fully reflects only a…
Millions face potential health risks from climate change in UK, report warns
Almost a third of people report suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after having their…
Best CBD Gummies For 2021
CBD gummies offer a fun, discreet and tasty way to use CBD. We’ve listed the…
An alternative health advocate who popularized drinking bleach as a COVID-19 cure in South America is under investigation after 2 deaths – Yahoo News
An alternative health advocate who popularized drinking bleach as a COVID-19 cure in South America…
An Alternative Vaccine Strategy To Reduce COVID-19 Morbidity And Mortality – Health Affairs
An Alternative Vaccine Strategy To Reduce COVID-19 Morbidity And Mortality Health Affairs Read Original Article: An…
Social interactions after isolation may counteract cravings
Social interaction may help reverse food and cigarette cravings triggered by being in social isolation,…
Fecal microbiota transplants help patients with advanced melanoma respond to immunotherapy
For patients with cancers that do not respond to immunotherapy drugs, adjusting the composition of…
In a desert seared by climate change, burrowers fare better than birds
In the Mojave Desert, small mammals are weathering the hotter conditions triggered by climate change…
DNA-based technique allows researchers to determine age of living beluga whales in Alaska
Researchers can now determine the age and sex of living beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook…
Horse remains reveal new insights into how Native peoples raised horses
When a Utah couple dug up the remains of a horse near the city of…
Fast-flying bats rely on late-night updrafts to reach great heights
Although scientists knew that some bats could reach heights of over 1,600 meters (or approximately…
Reconstruction Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Is Not a Given, Anymore
Some breast cancer patients want no breast reconstruction at all, but find their surgeons disregard…
Dark matter: A new tool in the search for axions
Researchers have discovered a new avenue to search for axions — a hypothetical particle that…
Covid-19: Drop the hero narrative and support doctors’ mental health, says charity
The mental health charity Mind has launched guidance for NHS leaders on creating workplace cultures…
Covid-19: How the UK is using lateral flow tests in the pandemic
As many as 384 million kits have been ordered by the UK government at a…
Covid-19: Israel sees new infections plummet following vaccinations
Early findings from Israel’s covid-19 vaccination programme suggest that the rollout of the Pfizer BioNTech…
Covid-19: Five steps to escape the cycle of lockdowns
Lockdown was the false debate of 2020. Nobody wants lockdown, neither the John Snows nor…
AstraZeneca Has New Dosing Vaccine Strategy
A new analysis of the AstraZeneca vaccine suggests a new dosing strategy, one that extends…
Decoding the unknowns in long covid
Relatively few peer reviewed papers have documented the disease features of “long covid,” but patient…
Seven days in medicine: 27 January to 2 February
Covid-19 vaccinationAll care home residents in England offered vaccineThe SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been offered to…
Harold Bornstein: Donald Trump’s former personal physician
bmj;372/feb04_3/n319/FAF1faCredit: NBC NewsIn a medical letter in 2015 that was littered with unprecedented hyperbole, Harold…
Tackling obesity . . . and other stories
Obesity policiesOver the past 30 years, successive UK governments have struggled to tackle the problem…
Prospective validation of Canadian TIA Score and comparison with ABCD2 and ABCD2i for subsequent stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack: multicentre prospective cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo validate the previously derived Canadian TIA Score to stratify subsequent stroke risk in a…
Wahl Recalls All Deluxe Heat Massagers For Fire Risk
Wahl Clipper Corporation issued a voluntary recall of its Deluxe Heat Therapy Massagers (Model 4212)….
Kangaroo overgrazing could be jeopardizing land conservation, study finds
The native species has reached numbers that are contributing to drier soil and less vegetation…
New piezoelectric material remains effective to high temperatures
Piezoelectric materials hold great promise as sensors and as energy harvesters but are normally much…
State-funded pre-K may enhance math achievement
Students who attend the Georgia Prekindergarten Program are more likely to achieve in mathematics than…