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Branded: The Ethics of Livestock Ownership

Branded: The Ethics of Livestock Ownership

Branding has been used to establish ownership over livestock for centuries, despite its numerous harmful side-effects. Animal activists insist that more humane methods can only be implemented with government support. By Joseph Olaniyan.

Going with your Gut - An Alternative Approach to Alzheimer’s

Going with your Gut - An Alternative Approach to Alzheimer’s

What do the bacteria in our gut have to do with Alzheimer’s Disease in the brain? A recent paper has revealed a potential link between gut bacteria and the deterioration of brain cells in mice. By Mollie Huggins.

Hitting the Mark: How Nanoparticles are Revolutionising Cancer Treatments

Hitting the Mark: How Nanoparticles are Revolutionising Cancer Treatments

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally - nanoparticles could help combat this epidemic through targeted drug action. By Rakshith H and Nidhi V.

Narrative Medicine: Putting the ‘Care’ in Healthcare

Narrative Medicine: Putting the ‘Care’ in Healthcare

Healthcare services are facing a major paradigm shift with the collapse of key clinician-patient relationships. Narrative medicine, however, may just be the harbinger to bringing the ‘care’ back into healthcare. By Obomate Briggs.

A Code Within the Codons?

A Code Within the Codons?

How studying patterns in the genetic code is beginning to uncover the origins of biological information and of life itself. By Tom Dubois.

How A “Twisted DNA” Sensor Can Revolutionise Cancer Treatment

How A “Twisted DNA” Sensor Can Revolutionise Cancer Treatment

Sensing of Z-nucleic acid by ZBP-1 constitutes an important line of innate immune defence, but could drugs targeting ZBP-1 signalling serve as a new and improved strategy for treating cancer? By Ziyue Kong.

The Unknown Genome: A Message Lost in Translation

The Unknown Genome: A Message Lost in Translation

Learning about your genome has been crucial now, more than ever. From population studies to precision diagnostics and experimental therapies, genomics is paving the way for modern medicine. Ground-breaking? Absolutely. Beneficial to us all? Perhaps not as much as we think so. By Nitish Aswani.