Modern medicine – one of humanities greatest on-going endeavours and saviour of countless lives. But have you ever actually read a medicine bottle? Russ Swan gives us a lesson in ‘pharmacish’ to help us along…
The modern paradigm of ‘Big Data’ is all well and good – but does harvesting it leave room for inspiration? Russ Swan would like us all just to slow down a bit and have a think…
Russ Swan explores the much-hyped concept of personalised medicine but realises it is a long way from reality when he finds himself in need of treatment
Tweeting pictures of your lunch? Is that the best you can do with your smartphone? Russ Swan argues the devices have untapped potential as pocket labs.
Every silver lining has a cloud
We have entered the golden age of scientific imaging, thinks Russ Swan, but it’s possible to have too much of a good thing…