A study, published in Nature Ageing, looked at physiological aging in mice. Prof Neil Mabbott, Personal Chair in Immunopathology, the … read more
Prof Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, of the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Oxford, along with William G. Kaelin … read more
The Olympics and performance-enhancing drugs seem inseparable. We regularly find and punish drug cheats, yet some athletes persist in using banned substances and science is locked in an arms race with the next generation of performance-enhancing methods.
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A study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine purported to document that the G-Spot does anatomically exist, despite the fact the structure of this elusive structure has never previously been determined.
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity” and to Ralph M. Steinman “for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity”. read more
This year’s prize was awarded to British physiologist Bob Edwards for his work on the development of in-vitro fertilisation, which led to the birth of the world’s fist test tube baby in 1978. read more
To mark the start of the greatest footballing show on earth, the SMC brought together some top experts on the science of football, including the man who tests the balls in wind tunnels, the expert who plans the training to deal with the heat, humidity and altitude; the doctor who cares for the metatarsals of the Premiership elite; the psychologist who can talk about what’s going on in the minds of the players; and a researcher who has studied England’s nemesis, the penalty… read more
Hugh Montgomery, this year’s Royal Institution Chrismas Lecturer, spoke to journalists about his forthcoming lecture series which focuses on the capacity of the human body to endure extreme physical hardship. read more
The Xtreme Everest team, a group of medical experts based at UCL, talk about their planned expedition to Everest to study how the body responds to extreme environments. read more