#antisense science

Biological Pacemakers- A Hearty Improvement?

In 1957 the first man-made pacemaker was created by Earl Bakken to help people with heart defects live their lives without being plagued by symptoms like rapid heart beat, dizziness, fainting or death. This has saved countless lives and since then the race has been on to create a newer biological counterpart. At the moment pacemakers require a major operation weakening patients and leaving them…

Cheese. Like wine, there are just so many different kinds. One to suit every palate! We all love it and I’m in good spirits so open up your disk drives people, as one famous videogame god put it- “Cheese for everyone!”

Wait…what’s that? Not everyone loves it? Well, ok…Most of us love cheese. So cheese for some of us. But as a treat for everyone, let’s answer a simple question. How is cheese made?

Do you have learning on the brain? A special post on the science of revision from our very own Julia Rose #dontpanic

It’s that time of year again when students flock to the library and the exam period fear can be seen in our eyes. All of the current Antisense Science team are 3rd year students on the brink of graduation, but with the finals mountain to climb first, an obvious change can be seen in students in the grip of revision. Apart from looking like zombies and having an all-time high risk of…

Don’t Get Scared Now

Fear is a tricky subject. On one hand it is a protective emotion that uses our past experiences and warns us of potentially dangerous situations. In other cases however it can drive people to become scared of relatively normal things such as the outdoors, in the case of agoraphobia. Fear can also play an important role in psychiatric disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and…

A new target for antibiotics? Amy tells us more about Colicin N and an exciting new discovery: