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Vets brought in to help with human health in ‘UK first’ scheme

Vets will now be encouraged to check up on farmers when they are out in rural communities

The Independent UK

China-critical UK academics describe ‘extremely heavy’ pressure from Beijing

Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted

The Guardian - UK

‘Young Tories are fed up’: the students switching to Reform in big numbers

A ‘nasty split’ is emerging on campus with one Conservative society opting to merge with their rightwing rivals

The Guardian - UK

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The lifestyle change that can improve and even reverse ill health in old age

A study has found that higher levels of social activity are linked to a reduced risk of frailty in men over 65

The Independent UK

Elderly should socialise to improve health resilience – research suggests

Being more sociable also reversed frailty among older adults.

The Independent UK

Sir Terry Farrell obituary

Influential postmodern British architect best known for the MI6 building on the Thames

The Guardian - UK

Space technology plan to monitor noxious algae on Lough Neagh

A total of £800,000 has been awarded by the UK’s Space Agency to develop a remote sensor that predicts, detects and monitors blue-green algae.

Evening Standard

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Archaeology student finds 1200-year-old gold in his first excavation

Dating to the 800s, the object is about four centimetres long and has a decorative ornament on one end.

Euronews

Archaeology student finds rare ninth-century gold 'within the first 90 minutes' of her first excavation

An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.

LiveScience

Kenya’s 1950 Kolloa massacre: Britain won’t own up to its colonial violence but communities need closure

In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya.

The Conversation

Bert Wraith obituary

Other lives: Award-winning metallurgist and expert in the dispersion of gases in metals

The Guardian - UK

Healthy babies born in UK using DNA from 3 people to prevent hereditary diseases

The births mark a milestone in reproductive science - and a potential lifeline for families with a history of mitochondrial disorders.

Euronews

8 babies spared from potentially deadly inherited diseases through new IVF 'mitochondrial donation' trial

A groundbreaking trial in the U.K. has released data on eight babies born through a special IVF procedure to lower their risk of mitochondrial DNA disease.

LiveScience

IVF technique using DNA from three people sees eight babies born free of hereditary disease

Mitochondrial donation treatment is designed to prevent children being born with devastating diseases

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare diseases to their children

The Guardian - UK

Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people

Genetic material from mother and father transferred to healthy donor egg to reduce risk of life-threatening diseases

Evening Standard

Eight babies born from pioneering IVF technique to prevent devastating disease

The scientific method, known as mitochondrial donation treatment, is designed to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases.

The Conversation

Class and masculinity are connected – when industry changes, so does what it means to ‘be a man’

On July 3, I’ll be discussing Youth, Masculinity and the Political Divide at an event with The Conversation and Cumberland Lodge at Newcastle University (get your tickets here).

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Join us in Newcastle to discuss youth, masculinity and the political divide

When the Netflix series Adolescence hit TV screens in March this year, its depiction of boyhood, violence and online misogyny sparked debates across the UK and beyond.

The Independent UK

Labour seats set to suffer worst economic impact of welfare reforms – study

MPs have been urged to consider the wider impact of changes to eligibility requirements for the personal independence payment.

The Independent UK

Rico the sloth receives pioneering surgery to cure his toothache

Rico the two-toed sloth is believed to be the first of his kind to undergo this dental operation

The Independent UK

3D bioprinter that makes human-like tissue ‘could speed up drug development’

A team led by experts from Newcastle University are behind the technology which helps produce tissues that are much closer models to humans.

The Guardian - UK

UK universities look to open campuses in India amid financial woes at home

Branches aim to tap into huge domestic market in face of changing visa regimes and international competition

Dynamite News

Lung Treatment: New method of scanning reveals improved function

Publishing two complementary papers in Radiology and JHLT Open, the team explained how they use a special gas, called perfluoro propane, which can be seen on an MRI scanner. Read further on Dynamite News:

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New method of scanning shows effects of treatment on lung function

A novel way of scanning lungs can demonstrate the impact of treatment on lung function in real-time, allowing experts to observe the functioning of transplanted lungs. Read further on Dynamite News:

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