Infectious diseases

We are still part-virus, writes Edward Emmott, Research Associate in Virology, for The Conversation. Human DNA plays host to a range of different...

Working in a lab as a basic scientist can often seem far removed from the real world. A year since the World Health Organization declared the Ebola...

A multi-drug resistant infection that can cause life-threatening illness in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and can spread from patient to patient...

A combination of historical and genetic research reveals the error and hype that led to the coining of the term ‘Patient Zero’ and the blaming of one...

Yoshinori Ohsumi is a deserving winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, whose work shows the value of basic research, writes...

Traveller communities have significantly lower uptake of vaccinations compared to the general population, suggesting that more work needs to be done...

Akhilesh Reddy (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how circadian rhythms can affect whether you get the flu.

We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between...