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New hepatitis C cases down by almost 70% in HIV positive men in London

New cases of hepatitis C amongst HIV positive men in London have fallen by nearly 70 per cent in recent years. The new analysis of data from three clinics in London found 256 men were diagnosed between 2013-2018. New infections peaked at 17 for every 1000 people studied in 2015

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Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike that wiped them out

A new analysis has posited that dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike. Scientists largely agree that an asteroid impact, possibly coupled with intense volcanic activity, wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago.

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Infectious diseases could be diagnosed with smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa

A new Imperial-led review has outlined how health workers could use existing phones to predict and curb the spread of infectious diseases. The review was published in Nature, and involved researchers from Imperial, the Karolinska Institute, UCL, The University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Africa Health Research Institute, and the London School

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From single cells to multicellular organisms: witnessing evolution

Researchers from the George Institute of Technology and University of Montana have witnessed in real-time the development of single-cell algae into more complex multicellular organisms – and, astonishingly, the process took only 50 weeks, or just 750 generations. The only driving environmental factor was predation by another simple, single-celled organism. The

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Lack of sleep is not necessarily fatal for flies

New research has found that the life expectency of flies are barely affected by sleep deprivation - could the same be true for humans?

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Can machine learning predict ovarian cancer survival?

Machine learning software can lead the way towards more personalised medicine, predicting patient outcomes with significantly more accuracy than current methods

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Poorest dying nearly ten years younger than the rich in “deeply worrying” trend for UK health

The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing, according to new research from Imperial College London. The study, which was published in the journal Lancet Public Health and funded by the Wellcome Trust, analysed Office for National Statistics data on

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The darker side of human data

What are the implications of a near future in which humans will be rated on their behaviour and relationships?