Cooking skills program brings about changes in food attitudes and behaviors
Research published today in BMC Public Health by Jamie Oliver’s back–to-basics home cooking skills program (Jamie’s Ministry of Food), shows that… Read more »
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- Microbial forensics: It’s not just fingerprints that can be left behind - 12th May 2015
- When culture meets epidemic: the case of Ebola - 23rd April 2015
- Sleep in the intensive care unit – it’s important, right? - 23rd March 2015
Acetate helps hypoxic cancer cells get fat
Today’s guest blog is a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellow, Jurre Kamphorst, a researcher focusing on the metabolic stress responses in cancer… Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Can lifestyle affect depression risk?
New research published today in BMC Psychiatry has suggested lifestyle factors can play a role in depression risk for people with MS. In this guest post Dr… Read more »
The stress-controlling brain center
This is a guest blog by Arturo Gutierrez-Triana and Ulrich Herget, authors of an article recently published in BMC Developmental Biology.
Are carbon nanotubes the next asbestos?
A study published last week in Particle and Fibre Toxicology has found that carbon nanotubes can induce cancer in rats, in a similar way to asbestos. In this… Read more »
The long-lasting impact of El Niño on child growth in Peru
A study published today in Climate Change Responses explains how the El Niño can stunt children’s growth. Heather Danysh, is a doctoral candidate in… Read more »
Unusual case of a tapeworm moving across the brain sparks genomic insight
Dr Hayley Bennett is a researcher from the parasite genomics group at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. She is the lead author of an article published in… Read more »
Measuring the impact of humanitarian assistance
With few measures currently agreed upon, how can we judge the impact of humanitarian assistance following natural disasters? In this guest post, Christopher… Read more »
Chemical sterilization: A safe alternative for dogs?
Could chemical sterilization be an affordable solution to keeping stray dog populations under control? Raffaella Leoci, DVM, PhD, is a researcher at the… Read more »
Keeping it clean: Spotlight on contamination in microbiome studies
A study published today in BMC Biology has found that many published microbiome studies may have been contaminated. In this guest post, Susannah Salter and Alan… Read more »