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New research could help tackle conditions including Legionnaires' disease

The study, published in Nature Microbiology, revealed that several pathogens use integral membrane proteins called porins to tether the outer membrane to peptidoglycan, the major and essential component of the bacterial cell wall. 

Sheffield scientists help to identify common vulnerabilities in Covid-19 and other lethal coronaviruses

Using a range of cutting edge approaches from proteomics through to high-resolution imaging techniques, researchers have identified novel pathways which can be targeted to block coronavirus replication.

Bird genes are multitaskers, say scientists at University of Sheffield

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have found that although male and female birds have an almost identical set of genes, they function differently in each sex through a mechanism called alternative splicing

Scientists develop new compound which kills both types of antibiotic resistant superbugs

Sheep farmers could profit by shifting to forest, research shows

Sheep farmers would no longer need government subsidies if they allowed land to return to forest, University of Sheffield research finds