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Europe PMC team

 | 14 May 2014

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Reforming rheumatoid arthritis treatment: a step in the right direction

Europe PMC team

 | 14 May 2014

 | 4 MINS READ

Reforming rheumatoid arthritis treatment: a step in the right direction

Image Source: Serial/Trash There is good news for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers: scientists are a step closer to predicting which patients will benefit the most from a particular type of drug using just a urine sample. Imagine being in pain whilst carrying out routine, daily tasks such as opening a door, reaching for something in the […]

Europe PMC team

 | 13 May 2014

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Simplicity is sometimes best

Europe PMC team

 | 13 May 2014

 | 3 MINS READ

Simplicity is sometimes best

By Elizabeth McAdam, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, UK Note: Elizabeth was awarded second place in this year’s Access to Understanding competition. Check back tomorrow to read her winning entry. Congratulations Elizabeth! Writing always terrified me. Growing up, I didn’t enjoy English at school; I positively hated it. It all seemed to […]

Europe PMC team

 | 20 March 2013

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Why I entered the Access to Understanding competition

Europe PMC team

 | 20 March 2013

 | 3 MINS READ

Why I entered the Access to Understanding competition

By Emma Pewsey, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge. I’m a relative newcomer to biosciences – at school, physics and chemistry were more my thing. However, starting a PhD on the corrosion of metal implants in the human body meant I needed to brush up on my biology. It was time to hit the […]

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