Nicola Williams

1 week ago | alzheimersresearchuk.org | Nicola Williams

Our brains are made up of billions of cells. They are responsible for every thought, action and memory we make. But imagine you could zoom in to see what individual brain cells are doing right now. How do they respond to potentially harmful biological processes to keep the brain working well? And what happens when they are affected by diseases that cause dementia? That’s what Dr Teresa Niccoli at University College London (UCL) has done in a new study, published in Cell Reports.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Nicola Williams

It’s little surprise that a country that engineered the Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) a few decades back should be a modern master of rail travel. You only need to glance at the images of SNCF’s sleek next-gen carriages to realise just how functional and comfortable trains on the other side of the Channel are. Pair this with France’s fabulous variety of landscapes to admire out of the window and you’ll understand why it remains such a popular way to travel here.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Nicola Williams

The icing (or rather, decadently thick whipped cream traditionally associated with Chantilly) on the cake comes in the form of the generously sized indoor pool, Biologique Recherche spa and sauna with fairytale forest view. Getting thereHalf an hour by TER from Paris Gare du Nord to Orry la Ville-Cove, then 15 minutes by taxi.

1 week ago | medicalxpress.com | Laura O'Donovan |Nicola Williams |Stephen Wilkinson

A baby girl named Amy Isabel has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who has had a womb transplant. Amy is one of around 65 children worldwide born as a result of pioneering research into the procedure. This breakthrough provides hope for many of the estimated 15,000 UK women with uterine factor infertility—which means they are unable to have children naturally due to problems with their womb, or because they were born without one.

1 week ago | theconversation.com | Laura O'Donovan |Nicola Williams |Stephen Wilkinson

A baby girl named Amy Isabel has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who has had a womb transplant. Amy is one of around 65 children worldwide born as a result of pioneering research into the procedure. This breakthrough provides hope for many of the estimated 15,000 UK women with uterine factor infertility – which means they are unable to have children naturally due to problems with their womb, or because they were born without one.