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How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...Research Fund in London, and coincidentally at exactly the same time by three other groups working independently in the USA and France, and led by Arnold Levine, Lloyd Old and Pierre May. p53 is a tumour suppressor. Its job is to protect us from cancer by making sure that, when our cells divide as part of routine growth and maintenance of our bodies, they do so without...
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Research UK. Pharmacies, GP consultations and private care services are also often available online. Activity 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of the internet? Using the drop down choices below, identify whether you think each of the following statements is an advantage or disadvantage of the internet for health and care, or both. Discussion You might have come...
This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...researcher John Beckett suggests, there is little the government can do to stop any local authority calling itself a city. Yet 42 towns applied in the 2002 competition, and another 25 towns applied in 2012. Why does a competition for the status of city, awarded just 23 times since 1905, attract so many applicants? For many, city status seems to be a marker of identity and...
The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...research study illustrates what it can be like to be a carer: ‘You know, it’s just that constant sort of presence that I have to be. A lot of encouraging her to eat, encouraging her to wash and do self-care, all round that kind of thing’. Kubiak et al, 2021 This carer’s account describes how caring can be difficult to plan around and disruptive of everyday life...
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...researchers go on to blame these goods for a mind-boggling range of social ills, from lack of self-esteem to bodily dissatisfaction to low academic attainment, and (in what seems a worrying logic of blaming the victim) for placing girls at risk from adult sexual predators. Playboy's extensive range of merchandise for women, encompassing make-up, jewellery, stationery, bed...
Sniffing out signs of life
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out signs of life

...research on VOCs? First, we must first capture the VOCs. They are found either in the air or produced by a solid or liquid. Air samples are easy to collect; we simply use a pump to collect them either into a bag or on to special materials (called sorbents) that hold on to the VOCs until they can be analysed. Solid or liquid samples are sealed into special bags and the...
Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...researcher in space ethics. Her research considers the future of space exploration and the relationship of humans and space. She reflected on how she came to AstrobiologyOU and her plans for future work, in conversation with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU...What’s been your journey to astrobiology? If you were to ask my mother, she’d say it was because...
How Emma Raducanu’s parents strike the right balance: supporting your child athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Emma Raducanu’s parents strike the right balance: supporting your child athlete

...Research with young tennis players, aged 12 to15 years, showed that players wanted their parents to be supportive without placing unnecessary pressure upon them. More specifically, players felt that parents should not give technical and tactical advice, but that they should comment on effort and attitude, offer practical advice, follow tennis etiquette, and match...