Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms We are a world-leading centre using innovative models to understand human disease, focused around our expertise in non-mammalian models. You are here Home Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms News 23 September 2024 Tribbles protein offers hope for tuberculosis treatment Tuberculosis is the biggest bacterial killer worldwide. Instead of targeting the bacteria with antibiotics to combat the disease, our researchers are focusing on how our immune systems could overcome infection. 1 July 2024 Important step forward in stem cell therapy for rare bowel disease Stem cell therapy could be used to treat sufferers of a rare bowel disease, a new study led by researchers at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ and University College London (UCL), has demonstrated. 13 May 2024 Stem cells provide new insight into genetic pathway of childhood cancer Scientists have discovered a new insight into the genetic pathway of childhood cancer, offering new hope for tailored treatments. View all Bateson news Study Research Our Model Organisms ºù«Ӱҵ