In Elizabethan times smallpox killed more people than TB, leprosy, plague and syphilis combined.
The UAR Council is delighted to announce that, following a rigorous selection process, we have recruited David Pruce as Interim Chief Executive to ensure that our important work continues and thrives.
Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medicines taken for pain relief may reduce the effectiveness of antidepressants such as Prozac.
Unlocking a key messenger protein in the body’s defences could be a first step to new treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases, suggest studies in mice with a form of the disease.
Are wild animals happier? That was the question posed by Christie Wilcox for a guest blog in Scientific American.
Scientists have identified a genetic change that makes lung tumours more likely to spread to other parts of the body.
Heart attacks and strokes could be prevented using a new method of blood vessel regeneration, according to research on mice.
A new computer model of rats' whiskers is helping scientists understand how rats process the sense of touch.
Scientists have created a new method to temporarily turn off the function of genes in mice.
Scientists have discovered how stress contributes to memory loss in old rats.
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