December 12, 2025 expert reaction to study looking at benefits and risks of plant-based diets in children . A study published in the Critical Reviews in Food Science & Nutrition l ...

Scientists comment on the latest NHS data on the current flu season. Dr Lindsay Broadbent, Lecturer in Virology, University of Surrey, said: ...

Prof Sir Jonathan Montgomery, Professor of Health Care Law, UCL, said: ...

Prof Antonia Ho, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University of Glasgow, said: ...

“The TP53 mutation (pathogenic variant) was not present throughout the donor’s body tissues, meaning he had not inherited it. The mutation would appear to have arisen in the testes but to have ...

Journalists came to the SMC to hear about the different tapering strategies studied, which are most effective in reducing the risk of relapse, whether the role of psychological therapy improves ...

“The implications are profound: by defining health rather than just disease, this work opens the door to more precise diagnostics, improved regulation, and innovative therapies. It is a timely and ...

A study published in Nature looks at fasting and hormone therapy response for breast cancer in mice. Dr Charlie Birts, Lecturer in Antibody Therapeutics at the University of Southampton, said: ...

The UK’s infrastructure faces a tipping point which is addressed in a new report from the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC), led by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).

Dr Dimitrios Koutoukidis, Associate Professor in Diet, Obesity, and Behavioural Sciences; and dietitian, University of Oxford, said: “Although the study explores an interesting association, it does ...

“The analysis reported focuses specifically on people who did not quit smoking early in the trial, at 1 and 4 weeks, but were ‘dual using’, meaning they were both smoking and vaping. The findings are ...

A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health looks at an association between prenatal BPA exposure and early childhood behaviour. Dr Ria Devereux, Environmental Research Fellow, Sustainability ...