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A simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Spinal cord injury typically causes permanent paralysis and is currently a condition without a cure. Could stem cell therapy provide hope?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
For scientists at the European Space Agency, a mission to Mars means going to Antarctica first.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Brain tumours are one of the most common causes of death in children – and may begin when chromosomes are torn apart during cell division.
Ages: 16-19;
When your doctor prescribes you a tablet and you get better, was it really the drug or could it have been the colour of the tablet? Andrew Brown investigates the placebo effect.
Ages: 16-19;
Cancer and stem cells are both topical issues. But have you heard of cancer stem cells? As Massimiliano Mazza explains, this concept may revolutionise the treatment of cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Campus Berlin-Buch is a science, health and biotechnology park in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on biomedicine.
Ages: not applicable;
Laurence Reed and Jackie de Belleroche discuss schizophrenia – and how functional genomics could help to identify its causes.
Ages: 16-19;
Would it not be fascinating to observe and manipulate individual molecules? Patrick Theer and Marlene Rau from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory explain how, with an atomic force microscope, you can do just this. You could even build your own.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 28
From model organism to medical advances
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 27
Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
| Issue 26
Spinal cord injury: do stem cells have the answer?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 23
The white continent as a stepping stone to the red planet
Topics: Biology, Astronomy / space, Health
| Issue 23
Exploding chromosomes: how cancer begins
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Just the placebo effect?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 21
Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 20
Translations – from today’s science to tomorrow’s medicine in Berlin-Buch, by Russ Hodge
Topics: Resources
| Issue 19
Investigating the causes of schizophrenia
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 18
Single molecules under the microscope
Topics: Physics, General science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Health
