All news by author: Miriam Stoppard

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'Lab-grown blood cells provide fresh hope for patients needing transfusions'
Dr Miriam Stoppard on the ground-breaking trial resulting in manufactured red blood cells being grown from donor stem cells which are then transfused into another patient
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'Diet in pregnancy is key to child’s future health and identifying obesity risk'
Miriam Stoppard looks at exciting new research which shows the extent to which what a mother eats during pregnancy affects the future health of her child and its links to obesity
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'Genes linked to dyslexia singled out by scientists will help our understanding'
Dr Miriam Stoppard on the large number of genes linked to dyslexia which could help us get to grips with the biology behind why some children struggle to read or spell
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'New protein testing to tell surgeons best time for heart op is excellent news'
The Mirror's resident medical columnist Dr Miriam Stoppard takes a look at a new and testing technique which could improve the chances of heart attack patients
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'Hope for bespoke cancer treatment hope after lab grows bone marrow cells'
Dr Miriam Stoppard shares the groundbreaking work going on at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham which could help scientists study cancer directly using cells from patients
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Covid virus can be cut to pieces by molecular 'scissors' in drugs to protect us
Miriam Stoppard is simply amazed by Cambridge scientists who’ve devised “programmable molecular scissors” that could help fight Covid-19 by ­chopping the virus to pieces