Science and Technology·16th October 20212021 Nobel Prize winners announced Christopher Collins Image description: A Nobel Prize for Chemistry medal The winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes, which recognise outstanding achievement in... Read More
Features·11th July 2020Women in need of protection? The fundamental problems with contraception Jackie Brown Image description: A girl standing with different contraceptive methods. In the middle of a pandemic, with many of us stuck... Read More
Science and Technology·24th January 2020Twice yearly cholesterol ‘vaccine’ could replace daily statins Andrew Tinkler Six in ten UK adults have raised cholesterol levels with 8 million having to take statins – an anti-cholesterol drug.... Read More
Science and Technology·17th June 2019A look at iGEM: The global biology competition Oxford iGEM Image description: Bacteria While most of you probably cannot wait to go home over the summer, travel to foreign countries,... Read More
Science and Technology·21st February 2019From farm to pharm: how chickens are giving rise to anti-cancer drugs Sam Sussmes Researchers from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have genetically modified chickens to produce medical drugs in their egg whites,... Read More
Science and Technology·14th February 2019Has the cause of Alzheimer’s Disease finally been found? Ella McPherson Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) affects around half a million people in the UK, though its impacts spread much wider, devastating the... Read More
Science and Technology·16th October 2018New Genetic Markers for Type 2 Diabetes Found Ella McPherson Image credit: Reversing Your Diabetes Today (CC0 1.0) Millions of people in the UK are living with Type 2 diabetes,... Read More
Science and Technology·3rd April 2018Treating strokes with AI: £7m investment secured by Oxford spinout Brainomix Aaliya Gilbert The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical diagnosis and treatment is a swiftly burgeoning area of technology. Brainomix, a... Read More
Entertainment·29th April 2017Medicine and Comedy Make a Perfect Combination: An Interview with Ed Patrick Ed Patrick is a very busy man; he’s currently wrapping up the final performances of his first stand up show... Read More
News·4th March 2017LMH to host homeopathy conference over Easter OxStu News Lady Margaret Hall has come under fire from scientific groups for agreeing to host a conference for homeopathy over the... Read More
Features·11th September 2021Navigating first year with a brain tumour Kaleb Ells Image Description: figurines of a doctor next to a patient in a bed, against a white background It’s October 2019;... Read More
Science and Technology·4th June 2020The Big 5: which vaccine could end COVID-19? Tolu Atilola Across the globe, scientists are working tirelessly to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, with over 100 potential candidates in development. A... Read More
News·15th October 2019Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe wins Nobel Prize in Medicine Una Yates Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University... Read More
Science and Technology·3rd May 2019Is RNAi the future of medicine? Caitlin Ashcroft From enzymes to muscle tissue, the DNA held within the nucleus of cells contains instructions for the production of every... Read More
Science and Technology·20th February 2019Traditional Chinese medicine: promising or pseudoscience? Yifu Ding In January, BBC Icons ran a vote for the 20th century’s most important and influential figures in different fields of... Read More
Science and Technology·15th January 2019Can a sugar pill placebo cause more harm than good? Priyadarshini Chatterjee A placebo is an inert medical treatment, often a sugar pill, that is administered during a clinical trial to differentiate... Read More
Science and Technology·17th May 2018Do it #LikeaLadyDoc: Promoting Gender Equality in the NHS Workforce Jessica Prince In 1865, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson made history as the first women to qualify as a physician and surgeon. Since then,... Read More
Comment·8th August 2017Death with dignity: patient autonomy in the wake of Charlie Gard and Noel Conway Ahmed Ahmed Death is relevant to us all, but end of life care – particularly for the terminally ill – is something... Read More
Profile·28th April 2017Profile: Christopher Bateman reflects on his Oxford experience 60 years on Tara Snelling As a long retired alumnus of Oxford, Christopher Bateman has borne witness to decades-worth of change at this university, the... Read More