- Peter McNaughton
We all know about pain, or at least we think we do. Things that damage our bodies cause pain. But do you always feel pain when you have been injured, or have to be injured to feel pain, how is pain signalled by nerve cells, and how can drugs be engineered to control pain?
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- Martin Westwell
I am organising a public event in Oxford entitled "The Science of Wine Tasting". I thought that people would be really keen but when I mentioned it to a colleague she said, "Well, that'll take all then fun out of it".
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- Martin Westwell
A clinical trial testing an Alzheimer's Disease vaccine was dealt a crushing blow when some of patients showed side effects of brain inflammation. The trial was stopped and it looked like the great hope of an Alzheimer's vaccine was lost.
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- Chris Smith
Chris Smith describes how cloning, occuring naturally in your body continuously, will have produced literally metres of new - cloned - DNA, by the time you
finish this article, as cells divide to replace themselves, repair injury or help us grow.
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- Kat Arney
Research has revealed that part of the brain responsible for smelling grows during pregnancy, at least in rats. This discovery has exciting implications for our understanding of brain function and learning in adults.
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- Karen Smith
The effects of a stroke depend upon which part of the brain are deprived of
blood. Researchers are studying the cause of some of the more peculiar effects such as hemi-neglect syndromes and how stroke victims can be rehabilitated.
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- Robert Stanforth
The Rubik's Cube is all about symmetry... How do you solve the rubiks cube - what is the maths behind the rubiks cube ? Rob Stanforth has the answer.
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- Christa Favot
The last time you opened wide, did you ever imagine that you were opening the door to what is essentially home to thousands of bacteria? Christa Favot introduces you to what's really living in your mouth, including plaque bacteria and biofilms.
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- Bob Bury
Consultant radiologist, Dr. Bob Bury, discusses public perception of risk and how we assess risk in the context of exposing patients to X-rays and other forms of ionising radiation.
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- Bob Bury
Discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen almost by accident, X rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes visible light. Bob Bury desribes how they work and can be used.
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