From willow bark to aspirin: The evolution of modern medicine, through the rise and fall of ancient and medieval empires
Isra El Haddad reflects on the importance of ancient discoveries to the evolution of modern medicine and treatments.
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University of Oxford will now use UCAT as admission test for medicine applications
Alina Ahsan evaluates the decision of the University of Oxford to switch to the UCAT admissions test for medicine.
How scientists are building a library of the brain’s dysfunctional pathways
SungJung Cho reports on a new study that has detailed dysfunctional neural circuits associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
Hope for HIV vaccine—antibodies protect animals against infection in pilot study
Sinibaldo Romero Arocha reports on new findings that broadly neutralising antibodies confer protection against HIV in a primate study.
Lost legacies: Western medicine’s appropriation of Indigenous psychedelic wisdom
Athina Metaxa explores how the Western psychedelic renaissance can threaten Indigenous communities and initiatives created to mitigate such.
CBD: Miracle or myth?
Billie Delpino explores the growing use of CBD for mitigating various symptoms, and the extent to which CBD is supported by science.
New wave medicine: The clinical potential of non-hallucinogenic “designer psychedelics”
Sofia Luchanskaya discusses the clinical potential of psychedelics in treating mood and addiction disorders.
AI technology used to find a new class of antibiotics effective against MRSA
Alice Pebody reports on a novel use of AI, screening chemical libraries for antibiotic candidates against MRSA.
Peto’s Paradox: Insights into cancer through elephants, naked mole rats, and the Animal Kingdom
Isabel Schmidt discusses why larger animals do not show an increased cancer rate that is expected given their size.
The unexpected guest
Connor Forsyth discusses the recent explorations into the lung microbiome, and its role in treatment for cancer.