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Steven Sankey

SARS-CoV-2 Binds to ACE2: What are ACE2 Receptors?

SARS-CoV-2 binds to ACE2 receptors on our cells but what are ACE2 receptors and what do they do?

Aug 16, 2020

Computer generated image of a globular virus.

Aug 16, 2020

Steven Sankey

Dexamethasone: Will This Finally Be The One to Fight COVID-19?

A new study has found dexamethasone to be an effective treatment for the worst hit sufferers of COVID-19 but what is it and does it work?

Jun 23, 2020

Random generic packets of pills messily strewn across an unseen surface.

Jun 23, 2020

Steven Sankey

Studies Show 50–80% of Coronavirus Cases Show No Symptoms But How True is This?

What do China, the Diamond Princess, and Iceland have in common? They have the media in a frenzy over COVID-19.

Apr 8, 2020

Studies Show 50–80% of Coronavirus Cases Show No Symptoms But How True is This?

Apr 8, 2020

Steven Sankey

Opinion | What The Coronavirus Pandemic Can Teach Us About Listening to Scientists

As the confirmed novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, cases surpass one million worldwide, and deaths rise to over fifty thousand souls, one…

Apr 6, 2020

Opinion | What The Coronavirus Pandemic Can Teach Us About Listening to Scientists

Apr 6, 2020

Steven Sankey

What is an Antibody Test and How Does it Test for Coronavirus?

How can we know if someone has already contracted the novel coronavirus, especially if many are mild-to-asymptomatic? New antibody tests…

Mar 22, 2020

What is an Antibody Test and How Does it Test for Coronavirus?

Mar 22, 2020

Steven Sankey

What is Herd Immunity?

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic the U.K. has strayed from the pack and into the herd.

Mar 14, 2020

What is Herd Immunity?

Mar 14, 2020

Steven Sankey

But What Actually is Coronavirus?!

Infection, replication, destruction. What actually is coronavirus and what does it do?

Mar 8, 2020

But What Actually is Coronavirus?!

Mar 8, 2020

Steven Sankey

Human Evolution Continues: Low Oxygen Environments

Like all creatures, humans are still evolving in response to our environment. Some humans have even evolved to withstand low oxygen…

Oct 18, 2019

Human Evolution Continues: Low Oxygen Environments

Oct 18, 2019

Steven Sankey

Europe Gives the Go-Ahead on Cancer Treatment Pill

Europe have approved the use of a new tumour-agnostic cancer treatment pill which can be administered to both adults and children. But…

Oct 5, 2019

Europe Gives the Go-Ahead on Cancer Treatment Pill

Oct 5, 2019

Steven Sankey

Brink of Extinction: The Tasmanian Devil

Many factors affect the Tasmanian devil but none so severe and urgent as Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) which has killed up to 90% of…

Jan 29, 2019

Brink of Extinction: The Tasmanian Devil

Jan 29, 2019

Steven Sankey

Steven Sankey

Biology graduate with a flair for the dramatic. I love writing and I love science so let’s combine the two. For more free articles see https://sankeyreports.com

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