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Usher syndrome: Recent advances in our understanding of genes and therapeutics

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Dr Aziz El-Amraoui and Dr Gwenaelle Geleoc research Usher syndrome, a genetic mutation in the USH1, USH2 and USH3 genes that causes hearing loss and vision loss.

Usher syndrome is a rare disease that affects the sensory systems of vision, hearing, and balance. Recent advances in scientific technologies reveal the genes involved in Usher syndrome, their varying […]

Employees’ sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) and proactivity at work

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SPS or sensory processing sensitivity is a personality trait that is marked by a number of dimensions; Antje Schmitt investigated how this interacts with proactivity in the workplace

What is SPS? Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a personality trait whereby people exhibit high emotional reactivity and over-arousal, deep information processing, and an keen awareness to environmental subtleties. It […]

Cara and Researchers at Risk: Offering a lifeline to academics in danger

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Country ravaged by war – Cara helps refugee academics escape danger and persecution.

For nearly 90 years, Cara (or the Council for At-Risk Academics) has offered a lifeline to researchers and academics working in, or forced to flee from, dangerous global contexts. It […]

Overturning oppression in the US child welfare system

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Professor Lisa Merkel-Holguin has detailed a number of oppressive and prejudiced stages within the American child welfare system that maintains bias towards Black, Indigenous and other ethnic minoritised groups, as well as low-income families.

In the US there’s a growing call from academics and advocates with significant experience in the country’s child welfare system for fundamental reform. Professors Lisa Merkel-Holguin and Ida Drury, colleagues […]

Month of birth, ultraviolet radiation exposure, and the development of major mental illnesses

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George E Davis Jr and colleagues are researching the link between month of birth, UVR exposure, lifespan, and MMI

Major mental illnesses (MMIs) are a significant global health burden. Recent data confirms that MMI is associated with an individual’s month of birth (MOB). Levels of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) vary […]

Out-of-field teaching: New teachers survive under pressure

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Susan Caldis explores the transition for early-career teachers, especially the impact of out-of-field teaching for specialist geography teachers

It is the nightmare of many early-career teachers: to have to teach a subject that’s not your specialism to a class of students who sense your fear. In newly published […]

Providing better radiation monitoring for nuclear waste

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Supported by EU funding, Paolo Finocchiaro has developed a novel method for radiation monitoring for nuclear waste

Despite the immense potential benefits of nuclear power, many people are understandably concerned about the dangerous radioactive waste (or radwaste) it generates. To provide reassurance that nuclear waste is being […]

Improving the effectiveness of an anticancer fluoropyrimidine by molecular hybridisation

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Dr Kalman redesigned the anticancer drug capecitabine (Cape)to resist metabolic conversion to 5-fluorouracil and thereby prevent its associated potentially fatal toxicities.

Capecitabine (Cape) – a fluoropyrimidine used primarily in the treatment of breast and colorectal cancer – disrupts the synthesis of DNA in cancer cells following its conversion to 5-fluorouracil (FU). […]

Making strides in veterinary pathology: A dedicated career

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Mast cell tumours and pancreatic diseases are common in dogs but also present to a lesser degree in other veterinary species, including cats and horses. For these and many other […]

Nanomedicine for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other viruses

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Thomas J Webster develops nanomaterials for novel nanomedicine treatments of viruses such as COVID-19

While many viral infections can be prevented through vaccination, it can take a long time for vaccinations to be developed for new diseases and many people object to themselves or […]