Self-harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body as a way of coping with very difficult feelings, painful memories or overwhelming situations. Self-inflicted injury
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Neuroinnovations
Neuroimaging maps brain changes in self-harming teenage girls.
Self-harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body as a way of coping with very difficult feelings, painful memories or overwhelming situations. Self-inflicted injury
Synthetic Biology
Reprogrammable self-assembling DNA computer developed.
It is known that computing with DNA relies on information being encoded very concisely into the base pair sequence on strands. That alone has made
Manual Body Regulation
Genetically-engineered olfactory cells successfully bypass the BBB to kill brain cancer tumours.
Olfactory neurons are cells in the nasal cavity which perceive odors, passing the information along to the brain, and have the ability to regenerate. They
Nanotechnology
Augmented injection gives mammals night vision.
Vision is essential for humans, with mammals able to detect visible light between 400 and 700 nm on the electromagnetic spectrum. In mammalian photoreceptor cells,
The Top 10 Healthinnovations of 2018.
Welcome to the Top 10 Healthinnovations of 2018, the fifth-year in this highly popular series. This is where the most exciting discoveries, verification, validation and
Nextgen wearable technology can measure single molecules from a nanolitre of blood in real-time.
A wearable that can monitor the health of a person through the exchange of information via internet without requiring human intervention is the next evolution
Study provides proof-of-concept for the oral delivery of nanoparticles.
It is known that oral administration is a preferred method of drug delivery, and that formulation into nanoparticles can improve drug stability in the harsh gastrointestinal
Precision Genetics And Epigenetics
Reprogrammable self-assembling DNA computer developed.
It is known that computing with DNA relies on information being encoded very concisely into the base pair sequence on strands. That alone has made
Microbiome activity revealed in unpredecented detail by tRNA sequencing.
Microbiota are a diverse bacterial microorganism which live in and on all mammals, and whose metabolic product provides balance, immunity and, in some cases, disease
IMMUNOLOGY
Early-life exposure to microbiota restricts colon cancer later in life.
It is known that the human gut contains trillions of bacteria, known as the microbiota, which play a crucial role in digesting food and regulating
InnovateCancer
Early-life exposure to microbiota restricts colon cancer later in life.
It is known that the human gut contains trillions of bacteria, known as the microbiota, which play a crucial role in digesting food and regulating
Cardiology
New type of immune cell discovered which is crucial to heart valve formation.
It is known that the human heart has four valves, thin membranes which open and close to control blood flow through the heart and the
