The Mysterious Deadly New Fungus: Emergomyces africanus
It is not often that completely novel pathogens are identified, but in 2013 this is exactly what happened in South Africa.
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The Sticky State of Artificial Sweeteners
With the soft drinks levy six months into effect, the prevalence of sugar-averse drinks has flooded the market. Packaged under ‘free’, ‘diet’, ‘light’ to the classic ‘zero-sugar’, drinks companies have circumvented this sticky problem by dropping the sweet stuff from their recipes altogether.
HIV / AIDS – The Worst Epidemic in Modern History
By Alberto Conti, University of York It was 1981, when doctors in the US started noticing strange patterns across their
The big C: cancer vs cardiovascular disease – the importance of translational medicine
by Beth Webb Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are the two-leading causes of death worldwide. However,
