Parkinson’s Disease: What Does the Future Hold?
Emma Woodham discusses how transforming the skin cells of Parkinson’s patients into neuronal cells could provide a new avenue to understanding the disease and personalise its treatment.
Category: Life Sciences
Weapons of tumour mass destruction: a role for bacteria in the war on cancer
Síle Johnson goes behind enemy lines to investigate the potential of bacteria as an alternative therapy in cancer treatment.
The neuroscience of (not) pulling the trigger
Yulia Revina discusses the neuroscience behind action inhibition and how ‘brain training’ can help.
Clinical Lycanthropy: Where Psychiatry and Mythology Collide
Rebecca Baird explores clinical lycanthropy, an affliction based in mythic tales of old.
Follow the Arrows
Let chemistry student Debbie Nicol take you on a guided tour of the complex and often mysterious pathways of organic chemical reactions.
The Urban Jungle
Claire Harris uncovers the hidden lives of the animals that have made a home out of our towns and cities.
The Secret Underground World of Bacteria
Have you ever stopped to consider what could be lurking in the dark of the Glasgow Subway Stations? New York could hold the answer.
The Water Innovation Challenge Launch
Water. We all drink it, but how many of us think it? theGIST reports from The Water Innovation Challenge launch party.
