Ancient DNA sheds light on evolution of relapsing fever bacteria
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it gained and lost genes in the process.
Sonographers conduct ultrasound scans which are essential to pregnancy care and are also used in the diagnosis of cancer.
Pregnant women are offered a scan when their baby is 12 weeks old and again when the baby is 20 weeks.…
Almost 1,000 participants have been recruited into a liver disease study in less than a year using real-world NHS data. It uses software to identify and stratify individuals using historic blood test data held in NHS systems.
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