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Be Part of Research: How clinical trials can change your life
Young people are severely underrepresented in health and care research trials: so, what can you do to change that?
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Greater Manchester Physiology Symposium 2025
I attended the Greater Manchester Physiology Symposium, an event that celebrates cutting-edge physiological research from various levels of study — here’s what I learnt
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Why vaccine hesitancy is on the rise
Rising measles outbreaks and decreased vaccination rates are occurring globally - but why?
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‘It’s just Freshers' flu right…?’ Sepsis Awareness Campaign 2025
This September, the charity Sepsis Research FEAT wants to bring awareness of the risk of sepsis to students and parents alike
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Could ‘The Last of Us’ come true?
With ‘The Last of Us’ season 2’s finale airing in May, I thought I’d delve into how accurate the show is to reality: Is it possible for a fungal zombie apocalypse to happen in…
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From hunger to horror: What really happened to the Franklin expedition?
In 1845, Sir John Franklin aimed to become the first to discover the ever-elusive Northwest Passage through the Arctic regions, opening trade directly from the British Empire to…
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The Black Death: Plague protocol in medieval times to the modern age
How did the people of the 14th century avoid contracting the bubonic plague, the disease that spelt almost certain death?
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Hannibal Lecter vs prions: The downside to cannibalism
How has Hannibal Lecter, one of modern culture's best-known cannibals, avoided catching a deadly and fatal disease caused by prions?
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How close are we to perfecting synthetic stem cells?
Stem cell research has been a hot topic in the news ever since their inception. But how has this field developed over time, and how close are we to understanding the fundamental…