Chronic wasting disease has been spreading among deer in the United States, which has raised concerns that the fatal neurological illness might make the leap to people. But a recent study suggests that the disease has a tough path to take to get into humans.
The culprit behind chronic wasting disease, or CWD, isn’t a virus or bacterium but a misfolded brain protein called a prion. A new study using miniature, lab-grown organs called organoids supports previous work, showing that
Anouk Howes loves swinging fearlessly from climbing frames and playing mummies and babies with her one-year-old brother Willem.
Independent and sassy, the six-year-old is ‘hardly a wallflower’, laughs her mother Sophie, 35, who is PA to a sculptor.
Yet when Sophie and her husband, Mike, 37, chief executive of a tech company, from Wiltshire, watch Anouk walk around the house, they can’t help but wonder how many more steps she’ll be able to take.
Anouk has a genetic condition, spinal
1. The removal of period features
Tabitha Cummings, property expert from The Lease Extension Company, said: “Sadly for many homes, owners are removing period features such as fireplaces, windows and beams, in order to create a more modern, minimalist look that is heavily found in properties today.
“However, the removal of such features has a negative impact on the price of a property, especially if houses in the same area still have the period features.
“Although removing period features offers
Each year Britons spend around £442 million on vitamin and mineral supplements, with nearly half of the population buying them regularly.
While the consensus is that a healthy balanced diet should provide all your nutrient needs, the fact is many people regard supplements as a dietary safety net.
Yet did you know that how and when you take them can undo their potential benefits?
For example, there is little point in taking vitamin D on an empty stomach because it
