Category Archives: Science
Cell breakthrough to bring two-dad babies
The Sunday Times 22 February 2015 SCIENTISTS have shown for the first time that it is possible to make human egg and sperm cells using skin from two adults of the same sex. The breakthrough raises the prospect of the first fully “manufactured” baby made in a laboratory dish from the skin cells of two […]
Cleaning Up
The Sunday Times 17 August 2014 The mineral breakthrough by Lois Rogers How the minerals in water affect our hair is an issue that’s been occupying scientific beauty minds for a while. Studies on the subject began with the split-end problems suffered by sheep (yes, seriously), and our woolly friends may have helped provide the […]
Have 800 women been killed by the Pill? The alarming dangers of taking so-called third generation contraceptives
The Daily Mail 12 February 2014 Nancy Berry died after taking Femodene Trudi Banning suffered a blood clot when she was 22 She had also been taking Femodene She survived but is now infertile Warns other women to be aware of the risks Campaigners calling on some Pills to be banned When Trudi Banning collapsed, […]
Mo Zimmer:elderly run faster and faster
The Sunday Times 19 January 2014 EVEN people in their nineties can benefit from strength and endurance training usually reserved for elite athletes, according to a study. The research into the athletic capacity of the very elderly comes as a new breed of endurance athletes in their seventies and eighties are reporting that they […]
Cracking idea to thicken hair with windscreen fixer
The Sunday Times 12 January 2014 SCIENTISTS working for one of the world’s biggest cosmetics companies claim to have developed a shampoo that thickens hair by using technology devised to repair chipped car windscreens. Experts at L’Oréal say filloxane, a new ingredient in a forthcoming range of hair products, works like the silica gel particles […]
Drug firms look away while my children die
The Sunday Times 17 November 2013 A MOTHER has been told that her three teenage children will die before reaching adulthood — and there is nothing doctors can do to save them. Shekeela Ahmed, 45, a businesswoman, has already lost her eldest daughter, Sonam, 17, to Lafora disease, a rare aggressive form of epilepsy. Her […]
Trouble spots: Research suggests that a natural virus can be used to counter acne, but not everyone is convinced
The Sunday Times 7 April 2013 Until now, spots have been squeezed out by wrinkles in the league table of skin issues to worry about. There are more people getting old than there are getting spots, so big investment has focused on the hunt for optimum treatments to preserve the looks of the affluent and […]
Cancer alert over toxic tattoo inks
The Sunday Times 22 September 2013 SCIENTISTS are calling for more research into tattoos amid fears that the toxic inks can permeate into people’s bodies and may increase the risk of cancer. With an estimated one in five adults now bearing tattoos, British scientists have found evidence that nanoparticles from the ink can get into […]
Laser test to tell us when we will die
The Sunday Times 11 August 2013 SCIENTISTS have patented a “death test” that can tell people how long they have left to live. The simple, non-invasive test is the first of its kind in the world. A painless laser pulse is applied to the surface of the skin through a wristwatch-style device. This measures how […]
Hats off to science – a gene cure for baldness is nigh
The Sunday Times 19 August 2012 Lois Rogers SCIENTISTS believe they have unlocked the secret of baldness after discovering an enzyme that tells hair follicles to switch off. Drugs to block the effects of the enzyme, called prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), are already available because it is also implicated in asthma and other allergic conditions. As […]