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Modelling cell suicide
Martino Barenco and Mike Hubank shed light on suicidal cells and a mathematical model that could help fight cancer.
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Shining a light on gold
People have been using gold particles dispersed in water — gold hydrosols — for medical purposes for over 1000 years. Recently, hydrosols containing gold nanoparticles have become particularly popular because they have exciting potential in cancer therapies, pregnancy tests and blood sugar monitoring.
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Fat body slim
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions and the World Health Organisation estimates that, by 2015, about 3 billion adults will be overweight or obese worldwide. These individuals will be at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and osteoarthritis.
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Medical research plagued by bad reporting
Lack of statistical detail leads to wrong conclusions
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Classroom activity: What's the best medicine?
Which drug should you choose if your budget is finite?
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The economics of health
When is a medical treatment worth its cost?
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Evaluating a medical treatment - how do you know it works?
How to evaluate medical treatments
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Controlling cockroach chaos
Controlled chaos produces realistic behaviour in robotic cockroach
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Protecting the nation
Making sure that vaccination works
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Influenza virus: it's all in the packaging!
We have all become more aware of the dangers of influenza this year, but why is it so dangerous? Julia Gog explains that the unusual structure of the influenza genome can lead to dangerous evolutionary jumps, and how mathematics is helping to understand how the virus replicates.
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Build your own disease
An activity for the classroom
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Understanding uncertainty: Breast screening, a statistical controversy
One in nine women will get breast cancer in her lifetime, and it seems sensible to screen women for breast cancer to treat them as early as possible. But, as David Spiegelhalter explains, screening is a controversial issue.