The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 29 people, killing two of them, has been labelled "unprecedented".
Health chiefs have warned cases of meningitis B may continue to rise despite suggesting the “peak” of the outbreak has passed ...
When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting that involves construction of spindles to carefully separate the DNA after ...
The University of Kent says the vaccination queue has "closed" for the day, but urged students to return for the jab tomorrow.
A growing outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in the UK, linked to young people and a specific event, has led to serious illness and deaths. The rapid escalation of symptoms, from fever and headache ...
Tragic meningitis teen Juliette Kenny was 'fit, healthy and strong' when she sadly died just hours after being admitted to ...
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Killer Kent Meningitis B strain may have evolved to become 'better at transmitting', scientists warn
Health officials are racing to understand whether this dangerous variant of meningitis B has evolved in a way that allows it to spread more easily between people.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced the number of cases had increased by seven to 27 in its latest update today - ...
Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.
Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of ...
When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...
Twenty people are now either confirmed or suspected to have the disease. A 21-year-old university student and a sixth form pupil have died in the outbreak.
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