BBC Science Focus - 10.2019

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DISCOVERIES

DISCOVERIES


GOING BOW WOW
Breeding has altered dogs’
brain anatomy p

CLOT-BUSTING BOT
A magnetic robot could help
clear blood clots in brain p

ANXIETY CURE?
Te s t s in monke y s could oer
hope to anxiety patients p

THE BIG PICTURE
The Large Synoptic Survey
Tele s cope p

NASA
Shle s The UK may not have that much of it p22 Loc-pic rs New hope for antibiotic resistance p
How MDM cn help lcoholism We chat to researcher Dr Ben Sessa p

PIONEERING GEL


COULD MEND DAMAGE


AFTER HEART ATTACK


World-first trial shows
promise for pioneering
treatment following
heart aacks

There are more than 100,
hospital admissions in the
UK due to heart attacks
every year, but there are
few effective treatments
for repairing the resulting
damage to cardiac tissue.
Following a heart attack,
scar tissue can develop
which can reduce the
performance of muscles
and eventually lead to 2

Visualisation of a
heart aack, in which
blood ow to the
heart is interrupted

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DISCOVERIES


GOING BOW WOW
Breeding has altered dogs’
brain anatomy p

CLOT-BUSTING BOT
A magnetic robot could help
clear blood clots in brain p

ANXIETY CURE?
Te s t s in monke y s could oer
hope to anxiety patients p

THE BIG PICTURE
The Large Synoptic Survey
Tele s cope p

Shle s The UK may not have that much of it p22 Loc-pic rs New hope for antibiotic resistance p
How MDM cn help lcoholism We chat to researcher Dr Ben Sessa p

PIONEERING GEL


COULD MEND DAMAGE


AFTER HEART ATTACK


World-first trial shows
promise for pioneering
treatment following
heart aacks

There are more than 100,
hospital admissions in the
UK due to heart attacks
every year, but there are
few effective treatments
for repairing the resulting
damage to cardiac tissue.
Following a heart attack,
scar tissue can develop
which can reduce the
performance of muscles
and eventually lead to 2

Visualisation of a
heart aack, in which
blood ow to the
heart is interrupted

SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, GET T Y IMAGES

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