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The Immune System: Part 1

Helen Carter

Every day our bodies are assailed by microbes of all descriptions, but for the most part we successfully fend them off. In this article Helen Carter explores the basis of human immunity...

Protein Origami: Pop-up Books & Nature's Polymers

Charlotte Rusby

What do pop-up books and some of the most fundamental molecules of life have in common? Charlotte Rusby enters a world 100 million times smaller than the bookshelf to find out...

Antibacterial Phage Therapy

Thomas Häusler

Bacteriophages were big business before penicillin and other antimicrobials appeared on the scene. But now, with increasing bacterial resistance and the rise of the "superbug", phages are once more centre-stage in the war on microbes...

A Crossword a Day keeps the Doctor at Bay:

Becky Poole

Dementia-prone mice have shown researchers than an old mouse can learn new tricks, given the right environment...

Herpes Simplex Viruses: Cold Sores and Genital Herpes

Chris Smith

What causes cold sores and genital herpes, how do herpes viruses cause disease, why do herpes infections persist for life and how can cold sores and genital herpes be treated, and how does this all relate to Romeo and Juliet?

The Science of HIV & AIDS in the UK

Helen Carter

There are five million new cases of HIV internationally every year, and the virus is second only to tobacco as the leading cause of death worldwide. But what is HIV, how does it cause disease, what is AIDS, how do anti-AIDS drugs work, and what does HIV mean for Britain?

Turning your Brain into Blood - How Stem Cells Work

Kat Arney

Imagine if you could turn your muscles into blood cells, or turning your bone marrow into muscle. How about changing your blood to brain cells, then back again, or making a spare liver from your bone marrow?

An Introduction to Influenza

Chris Smith

This article looks at how influenza (flu) was discovered, how influenza spreads, infects people, and grows, how to recognise the signs and symptoms of the flu, how to diagnose and treat the flu, and how to prevent the flu by means of antiviral drugs and flu vaccines.

How The Lymphatic System Works

Stephanie Modi

The lymphatic system is your body's drainage system. It collects the excess fluid that surrounds cells and returns it to the bloodstream, picks up fats from the intestines and primes the immune system about pathogens...

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