Transmitted by the tsetse fly, Trypanosoma brucei, the African Trypanosome is a single-celled parasite that can cause African sleeping sickness.
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What can faecal microbiota transplants do for you?
Faecal microbiota transplants have the potential to offer health benefits and are already used to treat C. difficile infections, but what can poo do for you and why should you look after your gut flora?
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New Therapies For Multiple Sclerosis Herald A Promising Future.
In the past month, two new treatments for multiple sclerosis have hit the headlines. One STEM cell-based therapy is being touted as a ‘game changer’ in many reports and the other drug-based approach, published in The Lancet, looks very promising.
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Inside Earlham Institute: Snazzy Kit For The Genomics Pipelines Lab
An article I wrote for the Earlham Institute about how new technology and stringent sample QC can help answer our biological questions.
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Science Is Losing A Battle Against Human Nature
In recent times, we have seen a rise in anti-vaxxers, anti-GM sentiment and my personal favourite, a resurgence in the flat earth theory. How can this happen in such an information-rich age?
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GM Crops – I Don’t Want That In My Food, I Think!
Within the context of food and crop production, Genetic Modification is generally used to make an organism more useful to us, such as to create plants with increased nutritional value or to change an organism in such a way that it provides us with a service – such as producing foreign proteins. A primary reason for its initial application to agriculture was to increase the output and hardiness of crops.
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Pandas Are Great
This, my first entry, was inspired by watching the third episode of Dara O Briain’s Science Club on the BBC iPlayer.
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