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Aptitude tests like the UKCAT and the BMAT are ostensibly designed to reflect innate ability, rather than preparation. There is also an element of luck: how sharp you are on the day, and the questions you dr...

The honest answer to this question is: not very much. However, this does not mean that work experience is not important - on the contrary. Firstly, it is necessary to stress that some medical schools place g...

The citric acid cycle (AKA the TCA cycle, AKA the Krebs cycle) is an incredibly important set of chemical reactions which is at the centre of how all aerobic organisms function. It is also really complicated...

Randomised controlled trials are the most important way that new medical therapies (drugs, devices, procedures and so on) are tested. ‘Controlled’ means that volunteers in the trial are split into groups. On...

There are lots of different types of cancer which affect different tissues in the body, and two cancers of the same type may not have the same causes. This makes cancer interesting, but also potentially conf...