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Professor Peter Sleight 1929-2020
19 October 2020
Many congratulations to Paul Robinson for APSelect Award
19 October 2020
Unexpected eating turns on liver clock genes
29 September 2020
New PNAS paper finds that clock-target genes in mice livers become clock controlled only when the animals eat at unexpected times.
COVID-19 research
New study reveals medium-term impact of COVID-19
19 October 2020
Role-playing computer game helps players understand how vaccines work on a global scale
8 October 2020
A free game launched today allows players to role-play the deployment of a virtual vaccine to help to halt the global spread of a viral pandemic.
Persistent immune memory of COVID-19 found in recovered patient T cells
4 September 2020
New Nature Immunology paper finds strong T cell responses in recovered COVID-19 patients
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