I was recently reading a January addition of New Scientist and it had a short article about the discovery of the largest flower ever recorded. Having completed a degree in biology, I am somewhat familiar with Rafflesia, as it crops up in many modules from biodiversity to chemical communication. However, my friend leaned over andContinue reading “Why does the world’s largest flower smell so bad?”
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Spotlight: Parasites as treatment for allergy?
I am a biology graduate of the University of Manchester. I find biology, and science in general, fascinating, and spend a lot of my time reading about new research and findings. This week I read Critical roles of regulatory B and T cells in helminth parasite-induced protected against airway inflammation by Gao et al, published in ClinicalContinue reading “Spotlight: Parasites as treatment for allergy?”
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