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Find out about the latest Biosciences news from the University of Sheffield.
Wild otter eating a fish.

Wild otter caught on film in Peak District for first time

Video shows otter marking territory by leaving spraint (droppings) on the bank of a river at night

9 November 2017

Prize for graduate's stunning cytoskeleton image

8 November 2017
Great tit

Evolution in your back garden –great tits may be adapting their beaks to birdfeeders

Researchers believe that there may be a link with beak length and recent practice of putting out food for garden birds.

20 October 2017
C.diff

Bacterial in-fighting provides new treatment for hospital infections

Different strains of Clostridium difficile use tiny weapons to kill each other, and scientists from the UK and US have discovered how these work.

6 September 2017
Nerve cells

New hope in the search for treatment of motor neuron disease

The research provides a detailed study of the genetic and cellular malfunctions that lead to the symptoms experienced as part of neurodegenerative diseases such as motor neuron disease (MND).

18 July 2017

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