Sanitiser resistant superbugs

Sanitiser resistant superbugs

A surprising new threat has raised some concerns in the field of public health. Serratia marcescens is a bacterium that is commonly associated with diseases picked up in hospital. It usually infects the lungs, membranes of the brain and can be fatal in certain cases....

Your Telomeres and how they are affected by COVID-19

A chromosome is a long, thread-like structure made up of compacted DNA together with proteins called nucleosomes. It is made of two chromatids that are joined together by a centromere. At the end of each chromatid are structures called telomeres. DNA, as we all know,...