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A wheat-infecting pathogen is on the march in the UK - but new genetic techniques will enable faster, clearer diagnosis.
Scientists at The University of Nottingham and GSK Consumer Healthcare have developed a technique to locate bad bacteria…
Anthrax occupies a special role as a feared and potentially lethal disease, but the culmination of a ten-year research project has identified a section of its toxin that could produce an effective new…
Compounds derived from garlic are extremely effective in killing off Cronobacter sakazakii, a food-borne pathogen that can…
A small plastic chip with the capacity to house various strains of bacteria may help successfully treat infection in cystic…
Bacteria and mould found in the dust created by vacuums could lead to health problems in people with allergies, infants and…
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University researchers have investigated why pathogens cause harm to the hosts they…
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico
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Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Ecosystem Sciences, CSIRO
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College., University of Cambridge
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Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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Research Fellow in Computational Biology at The Genome Analysis Centre and, John Innes Centre
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Postdoctoral research scientist, Columbia University
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Professor of Archaeology, Durham University
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University of California, Riverside
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Associate Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, Saint Louis University
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