New tool in the fight against tropical diseases
27 February 2013Screening method created to expedite the development of new drugs in the fight against tropical diseases such as malaria and African sleeping sickness.
Lethal weapon: bacteria’s high-risk suicide strategy
24 December 2012New research shows how some bacterial cells keep a ‘suicide complex’ ready to hand at all times.
Genetic roulette in a new world
17 August 2012Dr Robin Hesketh, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry and author of Betrayed by Nature, explains how advances in inexpensive, rapid gene sequencing and expression analysis is revolutionising cancer research and the development of new treatments.
Everything we think we know – and know we don’t know – about cancer
06 June 2012A book written for the general reader, Betrayed by Nature: ̽»¨Ö±²¥War on Cancer by Dr Robin Hesketh, sets out in plain English what goes wrong in our bodies when cells begin to replicate in an abnormal manner, and what science is doing to address the disease that kills seven million people every year.
Breeding better grasses for food and fuel
17 January 2012Newly discovered family of genes could help us breed grasses with improved properties for food and fuel.
̽»¨Ö±²¥hidden power of moss
22 September 2011Scientists at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ are exhibiting a prototype table that demonstrates how biological fuel cells can harness energy from plants.
Bioenergy research blooms in Cambridge
01 August 2010̽»¨Ö±²¥Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
Watching cancer cells eat, breathe and die
04 January 2010Cancer cells can now be viewed as never before, thanks to cutting-edge imaging tools being developed in Cambridge.
Putting metabolism on the eco-map
01 February 2008One of the latest technologies to emerge - metabolomics - is being used to create a snapshot of how environmental chemicals affect living organisms.
