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By scouring online auction sites, catalogues, department stores, and even Buckingham Palace, a team of scientists has determined that our wine glasses have got bigger... way bigger!
By studying the dimensions of 411 wine glasses dating from 1700 to the present-day, a team at Cambridge University has established that the glasses have ballooned in size, and are now over 7 times larger than they were in the 1700s – when they only held a measly 66ml.
This could be one of the reasons why levels of wine consumption have increased so dramatically in recent years and why alcohol is in the top 5 leading causes of premature death and disability in first world countries, the study suggests.
Also a potential breakthrough in the treatment of the degenerative brain condition Huntington's Disease.
The drug company Roche has licenced and is testing a DNA-based drug that can penetrate brain cells to block the production of a toxic protein involved in the development of the disease.
