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The Power of Poison
Botulinum toxins are among the most deadly substances known to man, yet have a remarkable range of therapeutic uses. David Feld, who has received injections of the toxins for 20 years, and his doctor, Richard Grünewald, explore this fascinating...
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The biosecurity front line
In the wake of the ash dieback crisis, Rick Mumford explains a range of new techniques – from citizen science to 'sniffer' technology at airports – that could protect the UK from imported plant diseases The Biologist 64(2) 10-13 Our landscape tells us...
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The mysterious mesentery
Tom Ireland delves into a new paper on the mesentery, a connective membrane that was recently reclassified as an organ 28th September 2020 You might not be able to point it out on a diagram of the human body and you certainly can’t draw it: the...
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Toads on roads
John P Sumpter explores one of the hundreds of schemes to help toads avoid heavy traffic in the UK September 12th 2022 How many people love toads? The correct answer is ‘more than you might think’. The evidence comes from the many hundreds of...
