The changing technologies of drug design
Over several decades, the search for new medicines has progressed from mimicking natural molecules to screening many millions of compounds.
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Over several decades, the search for new medicines has progressed from mimicking natural molecules to screening many millions of compounds.
USB-powered sequencers smaller than your smartphone could revolutionise the way we decode DNA – in hospitals, in remote locations and even in space.
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
The diverse bacteria in and around us can influence our health in a multitude of ways
A citizen science project travelled over 7000 km to explore the microbial population in students’ mouths.
Wouldn’t it be great to live without fear? Or would it? Research is showing just how important fear can be.
Discovering how infectious diseases spread may seem purely a matter for medical science – but taking a close look at the numbers can also tell us a great deal.
The changing technologies of drug design
Decoding DNA with a pocket-sized sequencer
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Microbes as a medicine
A safari in your mouth’s microbial jungle
An almost fearless brain
Ebola in numbers: using mathematics to tackle epidemics