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expert reaction to study engineering a lab-grown donor pig oesophagus and implanting it into recipient pigs, as published in Nature Biotechnology

March 20, 2026 expert reaction to study engineering a lab-grown donor pig oesophagus and implanting it into recipient pigs, as published in Nature Biotechnology . Prof Dusko Ilic, ...
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Scientists engineer lab-grown donor pig oesophagus and implant it into recipient pigs

In their study the scientists have demonstrated that a pig donor oesophagus can be de-cellularised, repopulated with a recipient’s pig’s own cells, and implanted in the recipient pig to restore ...
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expert reaction to study looking at meat consumption and measures of cognitive health by APOE genotype, as published in JAMA Network Open

March 19, 2026 expert reaction to study looking at meat consumption and measures of cognitive health by APOE genotype, as published in JAMA Network Open . experts comment on study ...
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Science communication in an era of misinformation – what the Public Attitudes to Science survey is telling us

This survey is an absolute gift to science communicators like me. It shows that people find science interesting, talk about it regularly with friends and family and want to hear even more. 62% of ...
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Medication use during pregnancy and breastfeeding – Position Statement from the British Pharmacological Society

The British Pharmacological Society now has a position statement on how the UK research system can, and should, make medications safer and more effective for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Come to ...
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expert reaction to observational study on GLP-1 receptor agonists and lower risk of worsening mental illness, as published in The Lancet Psychiatry

March 18, 2026 expert reaction to observational study on GLP-1 receptor agonists and lower risk of worsening mental illness, as published in The Lancet Psychiatry . experts commen ...
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expert reaction to the targeted Meningitis B vaccination programme

March 18, 2026 expert reaction to the targeted Meningitis B vaccination programme . Prof Adam Finn, Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics, University of Bristol, said: “The MenB vac ...
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expert reaction to the transmissibility of meningitis

March 18, 2026 expert reaction to the transmissibility of meningitis . Dr Bharat Pankhania, Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School: “This outbreak i ...
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expert reaction to two papers on links between ancient climate shifts and ocean temperatures / greenhouse gases, as published in Nature

March 18, 2026 expert reaction to two papers on links between ancient climate shifts and ocean temperatures / greenhouse gases, as published in Nature . experts comment on two pap ...
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expert reaction to two papers looking at 1) a phase 2b trial of psilocybin for treatment resistant depression and 2) the role of blinding in psychedelic therapy, as published ...

experts comment on two papers in JAMA Psychiatry, 1) a phase 2b trial of psilocybin for treatment resistant depression and 2) the role of blinding in psychedelic therapy ...
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expert reaction to latest UKHSA figures on the meningitis outbreak in Kent

Dr Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton, said: “The current response, for example the targeted vaccination programme is sensible, providing public health ...
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expert reaction to a prospective cohort study on adherence to the MIND diet and longitudinal brain structural changes, as published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery ...

March 17, 2026 expert reaction to a prospective cohort study on adherence to the MIND diet and longitudinal brain structural changes, as published in Journal of Neurology Neurosur ...