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Crab apples (Malus sylvestris) otherwise known as the European apple are a small variety of apple commonly used for the production of jam and wine. They have the reputation of being sour, and therefore do not tend to be eaten raw.

Tsetse fly feeding on human blood

Dental probes - artistic arrangement

People with DNA fingerprints - artwork

Flowing water

The impact of biotechnology on the world

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Photograph of a tsetse fly (Glossina) feeding on mammalian blood. Tsetse flies are blood sucking insects and are vectors of African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in man and of nagana in cattle, horses and other livestock. They carry the parasite Trypanosoma brucei and can infect humans and animals with it when biting them to feed on their blood.

Crab apple tres are popular ornamental trees, are used as pollinators, and their wood used to smoke food due to its pleasant scent when burned.

A gloved hand holding a petri dish of bacteria -
part of the process of cloning pieces of DNA for
use in research and biotechnology. This is merged
with planet earth to show the impact of
biotechnology on the world.

Computer-generated artwork showing related people with
their own unique DNA fingerprints. Although some bands are shared, the whole pattern is unique to each individual. Differences between people are often caused by single base changes known as SNPs which can affect a person's susceptability do disease as well as their physical appearence and personality traits.

The flowing water image was taken on the Southbank, London, near City Hall, in the new pedestrian street gutters (an architectural feature) on the road called 'More London Riverside'.

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Dan Salaman

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Tsetse fly feeding on human blood

Crab apples (Malus sylvestris) otherwise known as the European apple are a small variety of apple commonly used for the production of jam and wine. They have the reputation of being sour, and therefore do not tend to be eaten raw.

The impact of biotechnology on the world

People with DNA fingerprints - artwork

Flowing water

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Wellcome uses cookies.

Dan Salaman

Images

Works

Tsetse fly feeding on human blood

Crab apples (Malus sylvestris) otherwise known as the European apple are a small variety of apple commonly used for the production of jam and wine. They have the reputation of being sour, and therefore do not tend to be eaten raw.

The impact of biotechnology on the world

People with DNA fingerprints - artwork

Flowing water

Wellcome Collection

Today’s opening times