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What's hot and what's not – August 2021. 

HOT

Spiders’ webs

US immunologists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that acts like a spider web, trapping and killing pathogens, such as influenza or SARS-CoV-2.

 


HOT

Chestnut trees

Scientists have isolated  a molecule, extracted from the leaves of the European chestnut tree, with the power to neutralise drug-resistant staphylococcal bacteria.

 

 


 

HOT

Wisdom teeth

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, a new study claims.

 

 


 

NOT

Screen time

A new national study found that children in the US with greater screen time usage at ages 9–10 are more likely to gain weight one year later.

 

 

 


 

NOT

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sixteen of 146 health-related All-Party Parliamentary Groups received over £1m in payments from 35 pharma companies during 2012–18, according to a new study.

 

 

 


NOT

Heart failure

An observational study of more than 200,000 individuals found that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer compared with their peers without heart failure.

 

 


 

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