Six things you may not know about hair

2026-07-21T12:13:04+01:0021 July 2026|

There may be a series of products for it and even a musical named after it – but what do we actually know about hair? And how are researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute working to uncover what is really going on beneath the surface?

5 questions on cholera with Lia Bote

2026-07-15T12:05:34+01:0014 July 2026|

We are in the seventh global cholera pandemic, which has been going on since the early 1960s. But what is cholera, and why is it still a global issue? Lia Bote, PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, answers our questions about the past, present, and hopefully the future of cholera research.

5 questions on eczema with Anna Vathrakokoili Pournara

2026-07-01T15:56:11+01:001 July 2026|

Red, itchy, unpredictable – eczema is more than just a skincare issue. It is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects people’s day-to-day lives. We explore what it is, what remains unclear and how researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute are getting beneath the surface to find out more.

Living with IBD and finding hope for the future

2026-06-16T09:17:00+01:0016 June 2026|

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) looks different for everyone who has it. We spoke with medical student, Imogen about her personal experience of living with IBD, how it has influenced her career path and how new research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute brings her hope.

Chasing the secrets of healthy stool

2026-06-04T12:50:14+01:004 June 2026|

A climate change hotspot in Bangladesh acts as a natural laboratory for scientists aiming to study healthy human guts and gauge future disease risk.

Ways Sanger is helping to transform women’s health

2026-05-12T13:07:07+01:0012 May 2026|

Women’s health is underfunded and understudied. We explore how researchers across the Wellcome Sanger Institute are using advanced genomic tools to unpick the complexities of fundamental women’s health issues.

The history of spatial transcriptomics at Sanger

2026-04-09T09:43:44+01:009 April 2026|

Discover how the Wellcome Sanger Institute has been at the forefront of spatial research, exploring how trillions of cells organise, communicate and work together to form a human being. For more than 15 years, Sanger scientists have pushed the boundaries of modern genomics, helping to map the human body in greater detail – cell by cell.

What the hel-minth?

2026-03-12T15:13:53+00:0017 March 2026|

We explore how genomics is helping researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute to unpick the tangled world of parasitic worms.

Decoding sepsis and the secrets of the immune system

2026-03-09T10:48:21+00:0010 March 2026|

Sepsis is a killer, responsible for 20 per cent of all deaths around the world. Yet the condition is notoriously difficult to study. Dr Emma Davenport and her team are using genomics to uncover the biological mechanisms at work.