Liam Drew

Liam Drew

Live Science Contributor

Liam Drew is a freelance science journalist covering neuroscience, biomedical research and most things biological. He writes regularly for Nature and its sister journals. His work has also appeared in New Scientist, The Guardian, Knowable, Aeon, Quanta and The Reader's Digest. Liam is the author of "I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals" (Bloomsbury, 2016) and "The Brain Book" (DK, 2021), an introduction to the brain for 5- to 9-year-olds. He lives near London.

Articles by: Liam Drew

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Scientists reveal 'neural tourniquet' that can stop bleeding with nerve stimulation

By Liam Drew published

Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery.