Category: Medicine

  • UK Gov boots intelligent design back into ‘religious’ margins

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    From The Register: “The government has announced that it will publish guidance for schools on how creationism and intelligent design relate to science teaching, and has reiterated that it sees no place for either on the science curriculum. “It has also defined “Intelligent Design”, the idea that life is too complex to have arisen without…

  • The Institute of Life Science

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    Next week we move labs (and some offices – but not mine) into the new Institute of Life Science (ILS) building. We got to have a look around it this morning. In through the rotating doors. Lots of glass around. Good for keeping an eye on PhD students. The large atrium lets you shout at…

  • Embryology of the pharyngeal arches podcast

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    A new podcast has been added to iTunes and the medicine page. This is a podcast of the lecture I gave to a small part of the first year on Monday afternoon, and it is the first to be a properly enhanced podcast. That means that if you listen to it using iTunes (or a…

  • ILS1

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    The new life science research building at Swansea University is looking almost ready for moving in. The builders have pulled down the 8ft high boarding protecting the site and are replacing it with low steel guard rails so we can actually see around the building. We’re moving our lab into the 5th floor in a…

  • NHS ‘wastes millions on asthma’

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    Reported by the BBC: “Three-quarters of emergency admissions for asthma in England could have been avoided, a report argues. “The charity Asthma UK said better guidance to help patients manage their conditions could save the NHS in England £43.7 million a year. “Its study found the rate of emergency admissions for asthma patients varies hugely…

  • Hayfever

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    I always find biology curious – which sounds like a daft thing for me to say as I am clearly a biologist and wouldn’t remain so if I didn’t find the subject intriguing. My recent real-world example that has piqued my interest, however, is my hayfever. In biology patterns exist, but I’m also used to…

  • Endocrine Embryology Podcast

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    I recorded a podcast for the endocrine embryology lecture recently, but I’ve not yet had time to draw images for the enhanced version. It should be available via iTunes and the medicine page soon. This podcast is a little out of sync with the other lectures in the embryology series. As there is an exam…

  • Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service

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    Anti-plagiarism software use is becoming commonplace to ensure that students do not submit other people’s work as part of their own. The method of storing submitted essays and comparing with essays submitted in the future poses a potential legal problem. The Washington Post reports that “Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge…

  • Where’s Froggy?

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    Jack and Kim popped in to work to see me last week. Shortly after this photo was taken Froggy vanished. Again. He must be around here somewhere.

  • Some women may see 100 million colors, thanks to their genes

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    Here’s a fascinating article about how we see colour. In particular, thanks to extra colour-detecting cones, some women are able to see millions more shades and colours than other people. This would explain a few things in my household. Article link. (This was linked from slashdot).