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Meet the Scientists: Velislava Petrova
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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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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?

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