Newborn Screening Awareness
Last week changes to the newborn screening programme were announced. Babies will now be screened for 9 illnesses instead of the previous 5 illnesses. The new-born screening programme involves taking blood from a baby in their first few weeks of life; this is done...2014 Review
2014 was a busy year for stem cell research. Here we take a look back at the year’s leading developments. 2014 was a successful year for stem cell research in autoimmune diseases; an autoimmune disease is a condition whereby the body’s immune system attacks cells the...
World Braille Day: Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency Awareness
For World Braille Day we will be raising awareness of blindness caused by Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD) and how stem cells are being used to save sight. The cornea is the window of the eye, covering the pupil, the lens and the iris. In order for vision to be...
HIV and AIDS Awareness
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the precursor of AIDS. HIV is a ‘lentivirus’ which is a type of virus that slowly attacks the immune system; it belongs to a larger family of viruses known as retroviruses [1]. The origins of HIV are still widely debated...
Krabbe Disease
This week we are raising awareness of Krabbe Disease, a rare metabolic condition. Krabbe (pronounced crab-AY) Disease, also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD), is a devastating inherited metabolic disorder. Krabbe Disease affects the nervous system,...
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