New hope for targeting ‘Sleeping Sickness’

Sleeping sickness, caused by single celled species Trypanosoma brucei, is a fatal vector-borne parasitic disease. The parasite is found in...

What is that caramel flavoured e-cigarette doing to your lungs?

When Ernst and Young, one of the largest accounting firms in the world, conducted a global survey as to why...

Cannabis has long been a contentious substance in many societies. Holding a class B classification in the United Kingdom (UK)...

Blood is vital for our survival. With approximately 10 pints running through our veins, our blood has three main functions;...

Whilst there are many different cell types in our body, each contains the same DNA. In order to perform their...

A sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril. An albatross killed by ingesting mouthfuls of plastic. A...

If you’re reading this on your computer then you’re probably within reaching distance of them. Go anywhere amongst the public...

Between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn can be found a diverse group of infectious diseases, most common in low...

When I attended “Why do we need evidence?” at the Edinburgh Fringe, I didn’t expect an event about the history...