Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019: Is Resistance Futile?
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4y ago
To mark Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week, we examine the sources of resistance, and the future of bacterial infection control. … More Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019: Is Resistance Futile ..read more
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Zombiology? The Science of Life After Death
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
In our Halloween special, learn about the science of zombies, is there really life after death? … More Zombiology? The Science of Life After Death ..read more
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Science of the Scrum: Tackling Brain Injuries in Rugby
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
Roisin Conneely If, like myself, you’ve been enjoying the Rugby World Cup, you’ll know the that the game is famous for the clashes between players, but could tackles, scrums and rucks be damaging rugby player’s brains? For anyone who has never watched a rugby match, it is a very high-contact sport, where players from either team must ‘tackle’ each other to gain possession of the ball, in order to score a ‘try’. Injuries of all sorts are occupational hazards for rugby players, most commonly, muscle strains, ankle sprains or neck injuries. The more worrying type of injury is head trauma, w ..read more
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Hunting for a cure: Huntington’s Disease (Part Two)
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
Madeeha Hoque The second instalment in our Huntington’s Disease (HD) special has arrived! If you haven’t already, check out part one here. In this edition, we take you through the differences between adult and juvenile HD, diagnosis, and the current research aiming to find cures. Juvenile Huntington’s Disease As mentioned earlier, there are two forms of HD, depending on when in a person’s lifetime symptoms begin to appear. When the disease develops before the age of 20, the condition is known as juvenile HD. The symptoms mentioned previously also apply to juvenile HD, but may differ i ..read more
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Hunting for a cure: Huntington’s Disease (Part One)
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
Madeeha Hoque The second post in our Genetics Diseases series has finally arrived! Today we will be tackling the brain and delving deep into understanding the pathology of Huntington’s Disease (HD). Overview and Epidemiology The disease was first described by Charles Oscar Waters in 1841, as a type of “chorea”, a general term for neurological disorders which cause involuntary movements. The disease was characterised in more detail in 1872 by George Huntington, after whom the disorder is named, who described it as a “hereditary chorea”. HD is hereditary genetic disorder that cause ..read more
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Laughter is the Best Medicine: In Conversation with Sophie Scott
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
We’re delighted to have had the chance to interview the wonderful Professor Sophie Scott from UCL! Sophie chats to us about where her interest in science began, some of the clinical applications of her research, and why she thinks communicating science is important. Firstly, could you tell us about how you first got into science, and what in particular attracted you to cognitive neuroscience? I found it interesting when I was at school, I enjoyed studying science and did well in it, and I also really enjoyed things like the Royal Institution Christmas lectures. I got interested in psycholog ..read more
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London SciComm Symposium 2019 Highlights
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
Last Thursday, Roisin and Arzo attended the London SciComm Symposium, this year held at Queen Mary University. The day consisted of bite-sized talks from a variety of speakers, and panel discussions on what needs to change in the field of sci-comm. Here are our highlights from the day. “Anyone can Google the facts, what are you adding?”The first speaker of the day was Cerys Bradley, who recently completed a PhD in the Dark Net at UCL. They are a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and a researcher at LGBT+ charity Gallop. Cerys spoke about working with young people, teaching them about scientific ..read more
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Antibiotic Resistance Is a SciComm Crisis
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
This week, Dan Evans talks us through the current drug resistance crisis, and how researchers need to step up their SciComm game in order to tackle the problem. Eighteen months ago, I argued in an opinion piece that to solve the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, we needed help from everyone, not just physicians and scientists. Today, I’m correcting a massive oversight that I only recently realized I made: that to get everyone else’s support, those of us who study antibiotic resistance need to get much, much better at scientific outreach. In early April, American media blew up ..read more
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Ageing Well: In Conversation with Sophie Okolo
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4y ago
This week we have the pleasure of speaking to researcher and science writer Sophie Okolo who shares some insights into her work on healthy ageing, inclusion in STEM, and science communication Could you tell us a little about your background and how you got into science?I am a researcher and science writer with experience in healthy aging, patient engagement, and scientific research. As a young girl, I was an avid reader. I had a budding interest in science and became inspired by my mother’s love of science and healthcare. She started and operated a community pharmacy for several years ..read more
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Is The Golden Age of Science Over? (Part Two)
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by Seeking Science
4y ago
Continuing from last week’s post, Mariam continues to investigate more reasons why there’s been a growing a gap within the public relationship with science. Are scientific institutions to blame? According to researchers and academics, scientific publishing has proven to have at least 7 key issues: Money issues: the funding of scientific research has become a problem, as some sciences have been prioritised over others (biomedical research being one of the most funded research areas) and grants are prioritised for “safe” research which produces statistically significant results. This push ..read more
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