He was a lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine when he became the first Briton to win a Nobel Prize.

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Dr Nicholas Casewell, an expert in snake venom at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has recently highlighted the potential of venom as a drug source.

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Professor Alexander Trees and his team from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool's faculty of veterinary science, found that killing bacteria which are abundant in the worm tissues leads to its death.

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