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Malaria study reveals gene variants linked to disease

25 April, 2018

Many people of African heritage are protected against malaria by inheriting a particular version of…

Warmer springs reduce food for forest birds

24 April, 2018

The hatching of woodland birds is falling out of sync with availability of insects on which they…

Gene study highlights threat of ash dieback

24 April, 2018

A disease that has devastated ash trees across Europe developed from just one or two sources of…

Under-fives should be priority for snail fever therapy, study finds

17 April, 2018

Infants in some of the world’s poorest regions are vulnerable to a common worm parasite infection…

Professor Susan Rosser awarded Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies

09 April, 2018

Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology, a joint appointment between the School of Biological…

Therapeutic worms for inflammatory disorders? Perhaps there is a more palatable option

06 April, 2018

It is perhaps one of the greatest health triumphs in modern history. In many parts of the world,…

Warming seas could put at-risk seabirds out of sync with prey

03 April, 2018

Seabirds may struggle to find food for their chicks as they are unable to shift their breeding…

New user-friendly DNA assembly toolkit

27 March, 2018

The development of a more versatile, simple and efficient DNA assembly kit will offer researchers…

Physical disability boosts parenting effort, beetles study shows

26 March, 2018

Animals that carry a physical impediment can work harder to rear their young as a result, a study…

Navigating the world’s oceans by tapping into bacterial swimming strategies

23 March, 2018

Funding to understand how bacteria swim to stay alive could lead to the development of bacterial ‘…