How might big data transform medicine?
Big data is starting to affect every area of our lives and of commerce, but it is also expected to
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John O’Keefe, on the brain’s inner GPS system, winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine 2014
Today, John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser, won the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine, the highest accolade in
Read moreHave we found a wonder drug, which can halt the progress of Alzheimer’s?
It is thought that worldwide approximately 44 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s, and this number is growing every year. In
Read moreMSF and WHO struggling to keep up with the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa
The first outbreak of the Ebola virus in humans took place in 1976. Ebola has one of the highest death
Read moreLung cancer – two diseases
Lung cancer is often thought of as one type of cancer, however there are different types of lung cancer: small
Read moreWhat is mitochondrial disease and what are the treatments
Mitochondria are organelles found in most eukaryotic cells. When mitochondria are dysfunctional it can cause a mitochondrial disease. Of these
Read moreCan bacteria we are born with affect our personality?
It was only recently that it was discovered that babies were born with bacteria in their guts, and weren’t born
Read moreWhat is the future of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS)?
The NHS is huge with almost 150,000 doctors and 370,000 nurses employed: each year it costs about a sixth of
Read moreCan we control obesity with diet pills and weight loss drugs?
For most of human evolution, we have been fighting a battle against starvation, trying to pack in enough calories to
Read moreWhat are the risk factors and treatments for stroke?
A stroke or ‘brain attack’ is a major medical emergency. They occur when the blood supply to part of the
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