Sanger Science

  • 17 October 2024

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming biology by enabling researchers to build predictive models from vast biological datasets. Wellcome Sanger Institute researchers are leveraging AI tools to predict, design, and engineer biological sequences, such as DNA and proteins.

  • 9 October 20249.9 min read

    Our photo essay features some of the people behind the cutting-edge cancer research at the Sanger Institute. With genomic techniques now able to uncover the DNA sequence and structure in millions individual cells, they are uncovering the genetic architecture of disease.

  • 14 April 20142.8 min read

    14.04.14 Signalling molecules have been shown to be essential throughout the lifecycle of the malaria parasite. Disrupting them could halt development and transmission, says Mathieu Brochet

  • Students taking part. Credit: I'm a Scientist
    11 April 20142.8 min read

    11.04.14 Anna Middleton recently emerged victorious in an online competition where young people can ask scientists anything. She explains how instructive those questions were

  • 8 April 20143.8 min read

    08.04.14 Antibiotic-resistant infections are disproportionately affecting the very people who can’t afford alternative treatments. The situation is critical, says Sam Kariuki

  • 25 March 20143.7 min read

    25.03.14 By sequencing and tracking gonorrhea, researchers are hoping to reduce the spread of strains resistant to antibiotic treatment, explains Janina Dordel

  • 5 March 20143.6 min read

    05:03:14 It’s becoming clear that both nature, our genes, and nurture, the way our environment affects the way our genes work, play a part in making us who we are, explains Andrew Brown

  • UN AIDS Global Report 2008
    3 March 20142.9 min read

    03.03.14 Complete genomes of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 are being sequenced and shared to create important reference material, explains Astrid Gall