Posted 11 August 2020 Enzyme discovered in the gut could lead to new disease biomarker Enzymes used by bacteria to break down mucus in the gut could provide a useful biomarker for intestinal diseases, according to new research published in Nature Communications.
Posted 04 August 2020 Professor Alice Roberts receives Royal Society award for public engagement The University of Birmingham's Professor of Public Engagement in Science, Alice Roberts, has been honoured with the Royal Society's David Attenborough Award.
Posted 02 July 2020 New sequencing technology will help scientists decipher disease mechanisms New technologies capable of sequencing single molecules in fine detail will help scientists better understand the mechanisms of rare nucleotides thought to play an important role in the progression of some diseases.