All Physiology

Texas CRISPR gene editing opens new battlefront against Duchenne MD
Added: 7 May 2021
Thirty five years ago the human gene that causes Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) was discovered. …

Some like it hot - our May/June issue cover story on thermophiles as biotechnological targets
Added: 28 Apr 2021
Thermophiles are fascinating microorganisms that include fungi, algae, cyanobacteria, and protozoa.…

Designing healthy diets with mathematical modelling and computer analysis
Added: 22 Apr 2021
When it comes to diets, no one size fits all. Now, researchers have demonstrated a the ability to a…

The Hunger Games: Uncovering the secret of the hunger switch in the brain
Added: 21 Apr 2021
Ever stood at your refridgerator staring into it and wishing you could switch off the hunger pangs …

Delving deeper into AI and blockchain for healthcare and life sciences
Added: 16 Apr 2021
We are all becoming used to hearing about AI and blockchain, two technology trends that go hand in …

Machine learning plus vital signs provides objective patient pain levels
Added: 18 Mar 2021
Describing pain from zero to ten is currently as good as it gets on the hospital floor when it come…

Microbial lipoxygenases: a next target against antibiotic resistance?
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Russian researchers Georgy Kurakin, Anna Samoukina and Nadezhda Potapova use bioinformatics to unco…

Towards 'Zero Leprosy' - model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment
Added: 5 Mar 2021
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work …

Ultra-high definition predictive brain tool to guide surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy patients
Added: 25 Feb 2021
A third of epilepsy cases are drug resistant and removal of the area of the brain where seizures em…

Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation
Added: 2 Feb 2021
It must be hard enough to recover from an acute stroke, but many find the physical taxation of reha…

How Are Mobile Apps Improving Diagnosis?
Added: 28 Jan 2021
People frequently use mobile apps in their personal and work lives, letting those applications give…

Laser-triggered chemical adhesion for tissue engineering of replacement organs
Added: 19 Jan 2021
Laser-triggered chemical adhesion used to build proteins onto biological polymer scaffolding to bri…

Megalodon babies were born larger than a man
Added: 18 Jan 2021
While 'The Meg' exaggerated its movie magic megalodon, researchers have shown a baby megatooth sha…

Predicting trends in clinical motion tracking technologies
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Read an expert vision of the future where clinicians have been wooed by motion tracking wearables t…

#DryLabsRealScience: Teaching practicals without labs
Added: 16 Nov 2020
Wondering how to teach wet science, forensics and laboratory best practice remotely? Or have you al…

Robots support growth in Medical, Pharmaceutical and Lifesciences sectors
Added: 15 Oct 2020
Mechatronics solutions expert, Simon Jenkins, highlights just one of the areas where robots are now…

Biomimicry informs better sensors: just add noise
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusua…

New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’
Added: 4 Sep 2020
A new ‘Lighthouse Lab’ facility will be established in Leicestershire to increase the UK’s COVID-19…

Capturing clinical movement
Added: 7 Aug 2020
From gait analysis to neuroscience, Dr Kim Duffy illustrates how motion capture technology is being…

COVID-19 testing will be standard for clinical trials
Added: 7 Aug 2020
Clinical trial specialist, Bärbel Wilke expects corona testing for both virus and antibody detectio…