Technology

World’s Largest Wind Turbines Power Aberdeen

As you stroll along the Beach Boulevard in Aberdeen have you noticed that the outlook from the shore has changed quite drastically over the past…
Environment

Aberdeen Air Quality – What’s Being Done?

As we learn more about the damaging effects of pollution on both our health and the health of the planet, there is an increased call…
Medicine

What’s the Deal with Gene Editing?

In the past two decades there has been a huge surge in genetic research primarily due to the completion of the human genome project in…
Medicine

Gut Microbiomes: An Insight into Disease Susceptibility

Scientific estimates vary however the consensus is that the ratio of human to microbial cells in our body is between 1:10 and 1:1 with more…
Medicine

Acute Leukaemia: Promising Results from New Drug

Small molecule therapy is a major area of research in cancer treatment and is transforming treatment from the ‘one size fits all’ approach of chemo-drugs,…
Medicine

The Tale of the Philadelphia Chromosome

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) is a blood cancer that affects millions of people across the globe. Patients suffer from uncontrolled cell divisions of white blood…
Medicine

Your Gums, the Gate to Your Health

Practicing good oral hygiene on a daily basis will keep the number of pathogens at low levels, that can be controlled by your immune system.…
Biology

Beyond Love: Insight into Microbiota

The human race – it is like a universe full of enigmas, which we have strived to unravel for hundreds of years. What shaped us…