Medicine

Growing complete organs in a lab seems light years away, right? Yet researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have already grown organoids – mini organs – in the lab. How exactly have they done this, you might ask? Well, one simple answer – stem cells...Continue Reading

All anabolic androgenic steroids (endogenous and exogenous) adversely affect the immune system. For example the reduction in antibody production as a result of reduced activity of leukocytes (white blood cell) due to the effects of anabolic steroids. Therefore anabolic androgenic steroids will cause secondary immunodeficiency...Continue Reading

After a short summer vacation in 1928, Alexander Fleming, a Scottish microbiologist and physicist was greeted by an unexpected sight in his laboratory at St. Mary’s hospital and the first antibiotic known as penicillin was created...Continue Reading

A new biomaterial has been discovered that can be injected intravenously. The material reduces inflammation and promotes cell and tissue repair...Continue Reading

Earlier this year, a 19-month-old baby girl called Teddi became the first NHS patient to be treated with a new gene therapy. Teddi was diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) in April 2022. MLD is most common in children under 2 years of age, and symptoms include cognitive decline, loss of senses and eventually death...Continue Reading

Viruses are well known for being microscopic, invisible killing machines that infect every type of living organism. The recent pandemic, which saw SARS-CoV-2 claim millions of lives worldwide, is a prime example of this...Continue Reading