ĀŅĀ׊ć in the media
Cortisol: everything you need to know about the āstress hormoneā
Dr Nicky Keay (ĀŅĀ׊ć Medicine) said: āToo little cortisol has serious health consequences, but some lifestyle habits can cause rises in this hormone that are unwanted and avoidable too.ā
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Will mpox trigger a COVID-like pandemic? Experts agree it's 'concerning' but not the same
Dr Shema Tariq (ĀŅĀ׊ć Institute for Global Health) said: "The concern is [clade] 1b, the new variant, is showing much greater human-to-human transmission".
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Incredible step in treating children's brain cancer offers alternative to chemotherapy
Over 20 years since Professor Darren Hargrave (ĀŅĀ׊ć GOS Institute of Child Health) identified BRAF mutations in human cancer, the first ever targeted treatment for brain tumours in children has been approved for NHS patients.
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One in eight people diagnosed with dementia āmay have liver disease insteadā
Professor Rob Howard (ĀŅĀ׊ć Psychiatry) said: āFull-blown hepatic encephalopathy looks different to dementia. The symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy fluctuate in a way that Alzheimerās doesnāt and anyone working in a memory clinic will be familiar with thatā.
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London universities draw up plans for Ā£500m spinouts fund
ĀŅĀ׊ć, Queen Mary University and King's College London are among the backers of London Atrium, a new vehicle aimed at commercialising start-ups created by their researchers.
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Neolithic engineers built megalithic monument with stones that weighed as much as two jumbo jets
Professor Mike Parker-Pearson (ĀŅĀ׊ć Institute of Archaeology) described it as described the 32 colossal stones that make up the Menga Dolmen as āone of the worldās greatest megalithic wondersā.
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Never take health tips from worldās oldest people, say scientists
Professor David Gems (ĀŅĀ׊ć Biosciences) said that while sex was an important factor in longevity ā with women ageing more slowly than men ā he agreed luck was important, noting that one example was the natural variability in ageing rate.
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Will Kamala Harris be judged on Biden's economy? It's complicated
Dr Thomas Gift (ĀŅĀ׊ć Political Science) said: "Persistent inflation was a significant political burden for Joe Biden, and now it weighs heavily on Kamala Harris, as well".
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The 10 rules for keeping your summer glow
Alex Ruani (IOE, ĀŅĀ׊ćās faculty of Education & Society) said āThe benefits of consuming raw extend year-round: theyāre loaded with vitamins, antioxidants and fibre, all of which have been shown to have an anti-inflammatory effect on the body.ā
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LZ experiment sets new record in search for dark matter
New results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) collaboration involving Professor Chamkaur Ghag and Dr Amy Cottle (ĀŅĀ׊ć Physics & Astronomy) has put the best-ever limits on weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a leading candidate for what makes up our universeās invisible mass.
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