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Why the Anti-Vaccination Movement is Wrong

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A fascinating discussion about global trends and attitude shifts that contribute to the concerning trend of 'vaccine-hesitancy'.

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Students Get Hands-on with Mass Spectrometry

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We spoke to Dr Jonathan Jones from Waters Corporation, to learn more about the new initiative that they and Swansea University are leading to give students hands-on experience of mass spectrometry.

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Scientist Explains How They Un-picked Pick’s Disease

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Scientists use Cryo-EM to solve the structure of the frontotemporal dementia-causing tau protein tangles.

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What can we Tell from Your Smell?

What can we Tell from Your Smell?

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Bodily odors of otherwise healthy animals sharing an environment with sick animals become like the odors of the sick animals.

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Hayfever Vaccine Improved with Sugar
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A hayfever vaccine has been optimized with sugar molecules, may reduce treatment times and increase effectiveness.

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Restricted Protein Diet Improves Immunotherapy Response in Mice
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Restricting protein from a cancer patient's diet may enhance the response to immunotherapy.

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Postmortem Diagnosis Improved by Minimally Invasive Techniques
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Minimally invasive autopsy with CT and MRI performs as well as conventional autopsy in detecting cause of death and has the advantage of yielding more diagnoses.

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How Can We Make Behavioral Science More Reproducible?

How Can We Make Behavioral Science More Reproducible?

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A scientist explains how, by making 'stock' behavioral tasks more accurate, we can improve reproducibility.

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Cancers of the Lung and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence
Article

Whether you realize or not, we are witnessing the extraordinary growth of artificial intelligence (AI) right before our eyes. It has begun to transform the world of healthcare and researchers across the globe are now dedicated to discovering its potential. This technology has particularly struck a chord with cancer research surrounding early detection, a long-standing concern for the cancer community.

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Above the Genome: How Epigenetics Influences Cancer and Obesity
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Truly understanding how our DNA influences our lives and health sometimes means moving past the DNA sequence. Epigenetics encompasses a group of heritable modifications without changes to the DNA sequence itself. Our epigenetics affects our susceptibility to a staggering number of diseases, including both cancer and obesity.

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Using Therapeutic Antibodies Against Alzheimer’s Disease
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What if immunotherapy was the solution to cure Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? AD represents a major health issue as it affects an increasing number of people each year. The search for a therapy against AD is uncertain. Nevertheless, we can hope that the fast-growing advances in biotechnologies could lead to an improvement in diagnostics and a better understanding of the disease.

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