Browsing the "Medicine" Category

Suspended Animation

April 26th, 2014 | by Cara Green

This month should see the first ever human suspended animation surgery in one of five hospitals in the US. And…

April 23rd, 2014 | by Anna Ashton

In the spirit of World Malaria Day on 25th April, Anna Ashton takes a look at progress on a cure…

April 18th, 2014 | by Alison Thomson

In sci-fi films we often see people being sucked out of their spaceship by holes blown in walls, but what…

April 16th, 2014 | by Nicola Ann Miller

Today at Au, we’re hearing from Nicola Ann Miller, a postgraduate researcher here at the University of Aberdeen. She talks…

April 7th, 2014 | by Christina Nikolova

World Health Day is celebrated on 7th April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World…

April 4th, 2014 | by Bridget Murray

In an engaging talk during National Science and Engineering Week 2014, Helen Dooley, a lecturer and researcher in the School…

March 28th, 2014 | by Anna Ashton

Jet lag is something of a mystery and one that still escapes the clutches of big pharma companies. Despite a…

March 4th, 2014 | by Anna Cederlund

I originally sat down to write this blog post about Thalidomide. The drug sends a shiver down the spine of…