Dr Diane Barber | Dysregulated Intracellular pH can Enable Different Diseases
The pH inside our cells is constantly changing, but also carefully controlled within certain limits. Dynamic intracellular pH (pHi) is essential for normal cell behaviours, but when it becomes dysregu...
24 Aug 202211min
Dr Beate Aurich | Identifying, Understanding and Managing Treatment-related Risks of Medicines Prescribed to Children
The relatively new field of paediatric pharmacovigilance aims to improve the clinical care of children by understanding and appropriately managing the risks of medicines administered to this group of ...
24 Aug 20227min
Dr Rogier Hopstaken | A Simple Point-of-care Test to Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance
As the strains of bacteria that are not killed by antibiotics proliferate, increasing numbers of people are at risk of severe illness and even death. Dr Rogier Hopstaken from Star-shl Diagnostic Centr...
24 Aug 202213min
Dr Susan Vanderplas | Investigating the Reliability of Firearm Examinations
In 2009, the US National Research Council Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community published a report highlighting the need to estimate the validity of expert opinions in ...
24 Aug 20229min
Dr Panicos Shangaris | Optimising the Prenatal Treatment of Inherited Diseases
Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder affecting the blood. Recently, promising new treatment strategies have emerged involving gene editing therapies and the administration of stem cells direct...
9 Aug 20229min
Dr Holly Keily | Exploring How Humans Describe Tasks Using Gestures
For decades, linguists and psychologists have been trying to understand the fascinating ways in which humans communicate with each other in different real-world settings. Overall, spoken communication...
1 Aug 20228min
Dr Lei Jin | Improving Vaccine Protection for the Elderly
The greatest challenge for ageing populations is that vaccines can be less protective for the elderly due to the age-related decline of the immune system. This means that improving the efficacy of vac...
1 Aug 202210min
Dr Yu-Ling Ma | The Power of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cardiac Care
Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used in the treatment of disease for centuries, although its potency is often overlooked by researchers. Dr Yu-Ling Ma and colleagues in the Oxford Chinese Medici...
1 Aug 20229min
