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The rise of designer drugs is creating new challenges for both law enforcement and forensic toxicology laboratories, leading to new methods to identify and combat the often-deadly substances.

Brain stimulation has been associated with improvements in cognitive and sports performance, but exactly how effective it is remains up for debate.

We spoke to Dr Philippe Taniere, Consultant Histopathologist/Molecular Pathology, and Dr Matthew Evans, Specialist Registrar at University Hospitals Birmingham, to learn how the role of pathologists is changing, what this means for oncologists and cancer patients, and some of the challenges these changes may present.

World Cancer Day takes place on February 4 each year. This global event aims to ‘unite the fight’ against cancer and raise awareness of the disease. To mark this day, we have compiled some key cancer facts and a selection of the latest research developments.

Despite regulation and legislation regarding the methods by which pharmaceutical companies must treat waste water, reports indicate that manufacturers are continuing to discharge untreated or inappropriately treated waste into the environment. The problem is having devastating impacts on human health, the environment and antimicrobial resistance is soaring.

This article reviews some new developments in our knowledge of how our gut microbiota interacts with our genome.

The ability to create stem cells from non-embryonic cells, through the process of reprogramming, lifted the ethical hindrance and is driving stem cell research in a new direction at a rapid pace.

Scientists explain the links between music and drugs, that have existed for centuries.

An evolutionarily conserved gene family encodes proton-selective ion channels underlying taste and gravity sensation

Around 15 years ago, for biologists awash with data, visualization was often dealt with as an add-on, an afterthought. Fast-forward to today, and data visualization is making something of a comeback. Advances in technology and an increased appreciation of its importance and potential by the life sciences community and funders, are contributing to a renaissance.