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'Huge potential' in virtual clinical trials

Published
Wednesday 23rd June, 2021
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Health

A study involving virtual rather than real patients was as effective in evaluating a medical device used  to treat  brain  aneurysms, according to new research.

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Severe drying of the Amazon forest

Published
Tuesday 22nd June, 2021
Categories
Environment

Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought, according to new research.

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Ground-breaking lung cancer trial gets under way

Published
Tuesday 22nd June, 2021
Categories
Health

The first participants have taken part in a ground-breaking research trial that aims to save lives by improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer.

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A sharper focus on protein behaviour

Published
Wednesday 16th June, 2021
Categories
Health
Science

Scientists have developed a new computational technique that allows them to see in finer detail the way protein molecules behave.

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Lucy Clayton: How to go to work

Published
Monday 14th June, 2021
Categories
Alumni

Lucy Clayton (English Literature, 2003) draws on years of experience and insight from her latest book to answer student and graduate career questions.

A graphical representation of how a capsid may have changed through its evolutionary history

Recreating a step in the evolution of viruses

Published
Friday 11th June, 2021
Categories
Health
Science

An international team of researchers has shed new light on the way viruses evolved highly effective ways of spreading disease.