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In cold blood: How therapeutic hypothermia can save lives

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Tom Ireland

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History is littered with miraculous tales of people surviving hours without a pulse in extremely cold conditions. My latest article for BBC Focus explores how this has inspired medics to induce hypothermia in patients suffering strokes, heart attacks, and even multiple gunshot wounds in order to help stave off death.

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Understand antibiotic resistance (BBC Focus)

August 22, 2017February 19, 2018 Tom Ireland

As part of the BBC Focus ‘instant expert’ series, I explored how microorganisms develop resistance to antimicrobial drugs, what we can do to stop it – and what the world will be like if we don’t. Read More »

The art of saving lives (BBC Focus)

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 Tom Ireland

I spoke to photographer Reiner Riedler about his 2015 project The Lifesaving Machines, which involved him documenting the enormous, expensive, and sometimes eerie machines built to help keep us alive. Read More »

Nanomedicine: cancer-killing bots in your bloodstream (BBC Focus)

May 29, 2016May 29, 2016 Tom Ireland

A large article on tiny devices: my report on the potential medical uses of nanobots and nanoparticles is the cover feature of the latest issue of BBC Focus. Features the word ‘tiny’ a lot.

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Sue Black: staring death in the face (The Biologist)

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 Tom Ireland

One of the most compelling interviews I’ve ever done. Read More »

Biochemistry Special! (The Biologist)

October 5, 2015January 21, 2016 Tom Ireland

I commissioned and edited this lovely-looking mini-issue of The Biologist celebrating biochemistry, and managed to interview the elusive Nobel-Prize winning biochemist Roger Tsien.  Read More »

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