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Kerstin Meyer, a Principal Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute explains what it is like to work on the Human Cell Atlas Project

The Human Cell Atlas: Understanding health to combat disease

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Communications Team aaas, American Association for the Advancement of Science, cells, hca, human body, Human Cell Atlas, kerstin meyer, map, single cell min read

Dr Kerstin Meyer, Principal Staff Scientist at the Sanger Institute, explains what it’s like to work on a such a huge, collaborative endeavour

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Perfume, jazz and immunogenetics

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Communications Team autoimmune disease, human genetics, immune system, immunity, measles, meet the scientists min read

Dr Velislava Petrova is a Postdoctoral Fellow working in immunogenetics in Dr Carl Anderson’s group at the Sanger Institute. Currently she is working at the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Office of Innovation in Geneva

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A dangerous new Salmonella strain is emerging in sub-Saharan Africa

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Communications Team congo, democratic republic of the congo, drc, drug resistance, drug resistant, ints, invasive non-typhoidal salmonella, Salmonella, salmonella typhimurium, ST313, sub-Saharan Africa min read

Researchers have discovered the first extensively drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The biology of the brain

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Communications Team brain, mice, mouse, neurobiology, neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, rare genetic conditions min read

Studying mouse brain development can give insights into human neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, as well as help diagnose rare genetic conditions

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Health implications of the baby biome?

September 18, 2019October 15, 2019 Communications Team antibiotics, babies, bacteria, birth, c-section, caesearean section, gut microbiome, micriobiota, microbiome min read

The method of a baby’s birth affects its collection of gut microbes – its microbiome. But we still don’t know if that has any long-term effects on health

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Coding the Future

September 16, 2019September 19, 2019 Communications Team children, coding, computing, connecting science, digital making, engineering, mathematics, primary school, public engagement, raspberry pi foundation, schools, science, stem, technology min read

You’re never too young to start learning about DNA sequencing, software development and 3D printing.

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Powering discovery in blood disorders and depression

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Communications Team blood, blood cells, data, data sets, depression, dna sequencing, human genetics programme, uk biobank, whole genomes min read

The wealth of information available to researchers through UK Biobank is powering studies into human health and disease

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The modern rise of an ancient disease

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Communications Team bacteria, drug resistance, macrolides, sexually transmitted disease, std, syphilis, treponema pallidum, yaws min read

Sanger scientists have sequenced the largest number of Treponema pallidum bacterial genomes to date. The bacterium causes syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that is making a comeback. Their findings show us how the bacteria have evolved over time and developed resistance to antibiotics.

Measles can be life-threatening, and outbreaks are still occuring. Image credit: Credit: David Haygarth, flickr

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Vaccines: Life savers against infectious diseases

August 2, 2019October 31, 2019 Communications Team E. coli, etec, group a streptococcus, hpv, Infectious disease, malaria, measles, Plasmodium, polio, smallpox, vaccines min read

Smallpox has been stamped out and various other diseases are declining, thanks to vaccination. But not all diseases have vaccines yet – can genomics help speed up the search?