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Urgent action is needed to tackle impact of early childhood schistosomiasis on education

16 August, 2021

Scientists have discovered that early childhood schistosomiasis, an infection caused by a parasitic…

Graduation, June 2021

12 July, 2021

Photos of June 2021 graduates.

Bacteria serves tasty solution to global plastic problem

10 June, 2021

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution… by using…

Coronavirus tracking its deadly tactics inside our cells

01 June, 2021

We know alarmingly little about the biological tricks that make this coronavirus so deadly. But…

Coronavirus tracking its deadly tactics inside our cells

27 May, 2021

We know alarmingly little about the biological tricks that make this coronavirus so deadly. But…

Loeske Kruuk awarded ERC Advanced Grant

22 April, 2021

Professor Loeske Kruuk, who will be joining the School of Biological Sciences later in 2021, has…

New high throughput cell-selection system to speed medical advances and research

14 April, 2021

Edinburgh Genome Foundry has invested in a cutting edge system, funded by a £2 million grant from…

Programming proteins to turn cells into molecular computers

14 April, 2021

A new method of breaking and fixing proteins could speed the development of sophisticated computer-…

€2m boost for gene and cell therapy info hub

06 April, 2021

A new EU-funded project is set to provide accessible and reliable information about cell and gene-…

£8.7m collaboration seeks better route to modern medicines

06 April, 2021

An £8.7 million, five-year research collaboration led by the University of Edinburgh and FUJIFILM…