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24/04/2015

April 25th is World Malaria Day, a day to focus on a disease that impacts half the world's population, but for scientists working to tackle the disease, malaria… Read more »

20/03/2015

February might have been a short month, but we certainly were not lacking in scientific highlights. Food, senses and Africa are among the highlights from BioMed… Read more »

20/02/2015

Steve Whyard and colleagues have developed a sterile insect technique that uses double stranded RNA to target the testis gene and female sex determinant gene… Read more »

13/02/2015

Research published by Mains and colleagues in PLoS NTD explores a new method for auto-dissemination of insecticides, employing the male Aedes albopictus… Read more »

01/12/2014

There is great inequality in the world, and today, on World AIDS Day, the inequality in healthcare is plainly obvious as many people do not have access… Read more »

14/11/2014

In the UK, we take it for granted that we will be able to find a certain place either by using a paper map, road signs or online route planners. However, there… Read more »

07/11/2014

Once upon a time, the letter was the fastest and widely accessible mode of communicating information for the majority of the world. And then the internet came… Read more »

14/10/2014

Let me ask you all a question. What have fungi ever done for you? Well, from that slice of toast you had for breakfast to inspiring a medical breakthrough that… Read more »

01/10/2014

According to Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military general, strategist and author of Art of War,  the key to winning a battle, is knowing your enemy. And… Read more »

26/08/2014

This is an aerial photo of a river just like any other river – except that this rather innocuous looking waterway lends its name to the deadly Ebola virus… Read more »