Protection against genetic discrimination: a necessary concern?
With developments in genetic screening, and the increase in employers asking for increasingly invasive access into applicants’ private lives in the US, it should come as no surprise that there…
A vaccine for the Zika virus
A new approach, published in Nature, outlines a vaccine that is successful at protecting mice and rhesus macaques from Zika virus. The vaccine is based on delivering viral mRNA to…
Time crystals: the discovery of a previously theoretical matter
This week, two research groups at different universities in the US have created a new type of matter: Time Crystals. Normal crystals, such as salt and snowflakes, have an ‘asymmetrical…
‘Text neck’ and five other ways your mobile phone might be (permanently) ruining you
Over the years there have been several big scares about the potential effects mobile phones are having on our health. There was the ‘radio-waves are cooking your brain’ scandal (since…
One in 11 wildlife species in Scotland facing extinction
The 2016 State of Nature report has revealed that 520 wildlife species in Scotland are at risk of extinction. The report was released by a collaborative group of conservation and…
Scottish National Party en route to legalising medicinal cannabis in Scotland
At the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference, SNP members have voted that cannabis, a class B drug, should be made available as a medical treatment on the NHS. Nicola Sturgeon…
Seal of Disapproval : Scottish seals are being slaughtered by farmers
The USA, Scotland’s top salmon export destination, has warned that Scotland must stop killing seals if it wishes to continue trading. £213 million worth of salmon was exported to the…
Should homeopathy be funded by the National Health Service?
Homeopathy is not a new idea. The founder of this alternative medicine was a medically trained German, Samuel Hahnemann, first publishing his idea of ‘like cures like’ in a paper…