Tracking a deadly shapeshifter
A global child killer constantly changes its coat to evade destruction, but a worldwide network of scientists is using genetics to get one step ahead.
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Sanger Science
Exploring Sanger’s groundbreaking research
Breaking the mould – the story of penicillin
From a contaminated dish in London to saving lives on the D-Day beaches of Normandy (via dedicated scientists in Oxford and Peoria), pencillin has saved many millions of lives
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We’ve got the power
Running one of the largest biosciences data centres in Europe as efficiently as possible requires cool heads and even cooler machines
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Infectious diseases make a comeback in Venezuela following healthcare crisis
The experiences of a friend of a Sanger Institute researcher reveal how parasites and bacteria are now threatening the country’s population
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Sanger’s super-sized sequencing scales new heights
We’re celebrating: we’ve just read the same amount of DNA in one year as we achieved in the previous 25 years combined. This dizzying speed offers unprecedented possibilities to unlock new understanding in health and disease
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More than just malaria
Researchers can change children’s futures in many more ways than just helping to beat a killer disease…
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Six surprising animal cancer facts
Some creatures never get cancer, while others can catch it from the sea. Find out more in our list of things you never knew about cancer in the wild
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Cracking cancer with CRISPR
How Sanger scientists are using genetic surgery to understand the blueprint of life
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CRAM-ming it in
An impending flood of genomic data threatens to overwhelm scientists’ abilities to store and share it. Next-generation compression seeks to CRAM it all in
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Tea-time News
Hot tea has been linked to oesophageal cancer – but it’s not clear if it’s the cause. Studying DNA changes will help researchers find out.
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