{"id":604,"date":"2014-10-09T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T11:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/?p=604"},"modified":"2015-10-13T15:22:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T14:22:09","slug":"science-in-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/2014\/10\/09\/science-in-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Science in the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science is a prominent topic that our traditional media outlets as well as newer platforms such as blogs frequently discuss. Here we provide you with a number of articles from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health\/\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News &#8211; Health<\/a>\u00a0website as examples of Science in the news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/files\/2013\/04\/Influenza_virus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-480 alignright\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.bioquellus.com\/technology\/microbiology\/influenza-virus\/\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/files\/2013\/04\/Influenza_virus.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/files\/2013\/04\/Influenza_virus.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/files\/2013\/04\/Influenza_virus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/files\/2013\/04\/Influenza_virus-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/files\/2013\/04\/Influenza_virus-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When reading through these articles consider these discussion points with respect to biomarkers:<\/p>\n<p>1) Is the topic being discussed a candidate biomarker?<\/p>\n<p>2) Could the location of the biomarker be as important as the ability to define if it is present?<\/p>\n<p>3) If we identify a biomarker is there the opportunity to use it for any other reason?<\/p>\n<p>A really visual look at some human diseases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hidden Beauty: Diseases become art under a microscope:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-22476101\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-22476101<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are two articles on a debate about the importance of using antibiotics to treat infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battling the bacterial threat to modern medicine:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-20554921\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-20554921<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Antibiotics resistance &#8216;as big a risk as terrorism&#8217; &#8211; medical chief:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-21737844\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-21737844<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally an interesting example of science innovation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The light fantastic: Harnessing Nature&#8217;s glow:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-21144766\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-21144766<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science is a prominent topic that our traditional media outlets as well as newer platforms such as blogs frequently discuss. Here we provide you with a number of articles from the BBC News &#8211; Health\u00a0website as examples of Science in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/2014\/10\/09\/science-in-the-media\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5017,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biomarker-posts","category-leading-the-way-biomarkers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/leadingedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}