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Targeted prevention of preterm labour
Added: 27 Apr 2020
A new approach that targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labour and birth has b…
One step closer to targeted cancer suppression
Added: 24 Apr 2020
A multi-national team from at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Centre and Case Comprehensive…
Going round in circles
Added: 9 Apr 2020
Single use plastics are a staple in the lab – but they are also are part of the plastics pollution …
CERN takes on Covid-19
Added: 9 Apr 2020
The World’s biggest experiment, CERN, has established a task force to identify and support contribu…
Inflatable lab for fast COVID-19 testing
Added: 9 Apr 2020
As many countries rapidly build-up screening and testing infrastructure for Covid-19, a Chinese ins…
Antibody from SARS epidemic reacts with Coronavirus
Added: 9 Apr 2020
An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed a potent…
We need to talk about live wet-markets
Added: 6 Apr 2020
How do we make sure this doesn’t happen ever again? How do we reduce novel zoonotics in our species…
Coronavirus – is it just “a type of ‘flu”?
Added: 2 Apr 2020
The virology, genomics, epidemiology and medical response – Chief Virology Examiner at the Institut…
WIN: Visions of Science
Added: 2 Apr 2020
Produced by the Art in Research gallery – the first art gallery dedicated to scientific photography…
Small plankton bad for carbon sequestration
Added: 2 Apr 2020
A study of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic suggest their cells are smaller than expected – m…
Consortium to develop COVID-19 vaccine
Added: 2 Apr 2020
University of Oxford researchers working in an unprecedented vaccine development effort to prevent …
Investment to map COVID-19
Added: 24 Mar 2020
The government have announced a £20 million investment to map how COVID-19 spreads and behaves by u…
Seed funding for oncology drug developer
Added: 24 Mar 2020
A biotechnology company focused on the treatment of cancer has announced an additional £1 million s…
Medtech funding for implant company
Added: 24 Mar 2020
A Newcastle medtech company has secured nearly £250,000 in funding from Innovate UK to further its …
Shining a light on diabetes
Added: 17 Mar 2020
The complexity of glycogen storage diseases like diabetes means a reductionist approach just won’t …
Does gene therapy put safety second?
Added: 15 Mar 2020
The delivery of gene therapies relies almost entirely on viral vectors. So, when it comes to the pr…
Breaking the mould with jellyfish
Added: 12 Mar 2020
The study of cells has perhaps been the most impactful way we have developed modern medicine Here w…
Space-bound human tissue
Added: 10 Mar 2020
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to expl…
Team release coronavirus inhibition results
Added: 10 Mar 2020
A team using computer-aided methods to identify possible new drugs to combat the current coronaviru…
Curbing our animal instinct
Added: 10 Mar 2020
Amy Beale, Scientific Liaison Officer at independent charity FRAME explains the importance of educa…
