Category: HSTalks

A new video Analgesia, anesthesia monitoring and perioperative care was added to the Animal Models in Biomedical Research series. Access is via the Online databases and academic journals link in the My learning / Learning support pages in the portal on and off campus.

Two lectures covering the genetics of acute myeloid leukemia and the genomics of lung cancer were added to the Cancer Genetics series. Access is via the Online databases and academic journals link in the My learning / Learning support pages in the portal on and off campus.

This month’s releases to the collection include a significant expansion of the Obesity: science, medicine and society series to include talks discussing the definition of obesity, its epidemiology and multiple aspects of its physiology. The new lectures cover adipose tissue biology, the link between obesity and the hedonistic response, and the metabolic interplay between a host and the gut microbiota. Also, Dr Thomas Barber from University of Warwick reviews several issues specifically related to women’s health.

Access is via the Online databases and academic journals link in the My learning / Learning support pages in the portal on and off campus.

This month’s new releases to the Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection include a new mini-series on Future Directions in Therapeutic Intervention, Diagnostics and Prophylactics. As the development of new treatments and diagnostic tools requires a lot of effort and a lot of money, it is important to consider numerous factors before choosing to pursue a specific research path. This new series, containing five lectures delivered by experts from the pharmaceutical industry, presents a range of future directions for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, their promises and pitfalls.