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INTRODUCTION: Rapid population ageing is a demographic trend being experienced and documented worldwide. While increased health screening and assessment may help mitigate the burden of illness in older people, issues such as misdiagnosis may affect access to interventions. This study aims to elicit the values and preferences of evidence-informed older people living in the community on early screening for common health conditions (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia and frailty). The study will proceed in three Phases: (1) generating recommendations of older people through a series of Ci...

THE parish poll that took place last Thursday was a strong expression of views on the recent 44 per cent increase to the Salisbury City Council…

By Professor Colin D Campbell, Chief Executive of the James Hutton Institute OTHER THAN Covid-19, the big science news in 2020 was that the Nobel Prize in chemistry had gone to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, who discovered the technology now called gene editing. It is by far the sharpest tool yet in the molecular biology toolbox for changing the DNA of animals, plants, and microorganisms with high precision. The technology, which uses enzymes from microorganisms to find and repair genetic sequences, is challenging whether this should even be classified as genetic modificati...