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The forgotten disease

2023-06-26T15:15:39+01:0030 January 2023|

For World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, we spoke to Dr Tess Attenborough, who works on understanding the biology of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis.

Attending to tropical disease

2023-01-30T07:53:59+00:0030 January 2023|

The potential of genomics to improve our understanding of the fundamental biology of neglected tropical diseases.

Brazil, bats and GoaT

2022-12-09T07:32:58+00:008 December 2022|

Find out about Genomes on a Tree (or GoaT) database, which will hold data for the hundreds of thousand of species that are currently having their genomes sequenced for the first time.

An ancient foe and a modern arms race

2022-11-17T17:08:35+00:0017 November 2022|

How genomic surveillance is helping to spot, track and predict drug resistance in malaria parasites across the globe.

Representation matters

2022-11-08T11:35:24+00:0031 October 2022|

Sasha Henriques explores some of issues around race and representation in genomics and genomic counselling.