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Stem cell tool to repair joints offers hope to osteoarthritis patients

07 January, 2019

Patients with osteoarthritis could be set to benefit from an inventive stem cell technique being…

Improved stem cell approach could aid fight against Parkinson’s

07 January, 2019

Scientists have taken a key step towards improving an emerging class of treatments for Parkinson’s…

Insight into cause of rare disorder may aid quest for treatments

12 December, 2018

Fresh discoveries about a rare genetic disorder that affects mainly boys may inform the development…

Career Coaching in Science Video - Sharing what works in academia

03 December, 2018

The School of Biological Sciences runs a successful career coaching programme and have produced a…

Decoding sleeping sickness signals could aid quest for treatments

29 November, 2018

Key insights into how the parasites behind sleeping sickness boost their ability to spread could…

Gene study boosts bid to keep British bees safe from disease

26 November, 2018

Efforts to protect the UK's native honey bees could be helped by research that maps their…

Dr Julie Welburn receives EMBO Young Investigator Award

20 November, 2018

Julie Welburn, Senior Research Fellow in the Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology at the School of…

Disrupting parasites’ family planning could aid malaria fight

15 November, 2018

Malaria parasites know good times from bad and plan their offspring accordingly, scientists have…

Gene find could pave way for disease-resistant crops

06 November, 2018

Discovery of a gene that helps plants control their response to disease could aid efforts to…

Cancer drug insight could lead to new therapies

01 November, 2018

A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies,…