Six unbelievable things you probably didn’t know about DNA
Explore the surprising secrets of DNA, genes and genomes.
Cracking cancer with CRISPR
How Sanger scientists are using genetic surgery to understand the blueprint of life
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
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.
A Day in the Life: Bioinformatician – collaboration, cancer and all life on Earth
Understanding the nature of life on Earth has been revolutionised by DNA sequencing. In the past we could only observe what was happening, now we can read (and alter) the blueprints of life to understand health and disease at the most intimate level. Yet none of this would be possible without the unsung work of bioinformaticians
Science in a conflict zone: Investigating cholera in Yemen
In addition to the civil war, Yemen is experiencing the worst epidemic of cholera ever recorded. We spoke to Ankur Rakesh, a volunteer doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders, who travelled to Yemen in July 2017 to study the genomics of this highly infectious and deadly disease
Long live bats
The bat genome sequence could help us understand how these remarkable creatures are are reisitant to cancer, Ebola and SARS.
Solving the mysteries of developmental disorders: The DDD study
How one family have been helped by the Deciphering Developmental Disorders study
25 Genomes: The Common Starfish
The Starfish genome could offer new approaches to wound healing and into surgical glue, if only we can get enough sperm.
