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One drug to treat them all: towards a 'master' coronavirus treatment
Added: 22 Jul 2021
Researchers seek and find that precious drug-binding pocket that is so essential to the coronavirus…
New report recommends antibody testing within the Covid-19 vaccination programme
Added: 8 Jul 2021
Antibody testing can be used to identify the minority of people who have a sub-optimal response to …
Breakthrough for tracking RNA with fluorescence
Added: 7 Jul 2021
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in developing a method to …
A CRISPECTOR calls with fresh insight to gene editing errors
Added: 5 Jul 2021
An Israeli research team claims new software can detect unintended consequences of gene editing. He…
Can immune cell-based therapies become mainstream in oncology?
Added: 20 May 2021
Can gene editing technology help transition cell-based therapies to solid tumours? Here, Jonathan F…
The first frost is the deepest - understanding the biochemical flowering brake in plants
Added: 17 May 2021
The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it is a profoun…
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Added: 14 May 2021
A further species discovery confirms the abundance and diversity of giant marine lizards in the Cre…
Learning on the fly: Computer model links insect and mammalian learning
Added: 7 May 2021
Even the humble fruit fly craves a dose of the happy hormone, according to a new study from the Uni…
Texas CRISPR gene editing opens new battlefront against Duchenne MD
Added: 7 May 2021
Thirty five years ago the human gene that causes Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) was discovered. …
COVID-19: Testing times for laboratories
Added: 7 May 2021
Following what may have felt like a slow uptake of voluntary third-party laboratory testing support…
Delving deeper into AI and blockchain for healthcare and life sciences
Added: 16 Apr 2021
We are all becoming used to hearing about AI and blockchain, two technology trends that go hand in …
Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System
Added: 7 Apr 2021
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medici…
Advancing our understanding of life's design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division
Added: 6 Apr 2021
Recent results in cellular engineering bring us one step closer to understanding the fundamental de…
Bioluminescence: a life study of ocean light
Added: 30 Mar 2021
Bioluminescence is visually magical and has inspired many scientists to dive deep to discover its s…
Microbial lipoxygenases: a next target against antibiotic resistance?
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Russian researchers Georgy Kurakin, Anna Samoukina and Nadezhda Potapova use bioinformatics to unco…
Bringing DNA sequencing to the frontlines in the fight against anti-microbial resistance
Added: 10 Mar 2021
The future may see DNA sequencing as a routine bacterial diagnostic technique in hospitals and clin…
Laboratory Management: Monitoring the cold chain
Added: 5 Mar 2021
With many COVID vaccines relying on ultra-low temperature storage, Matt Feeny explains why and how …
Resistance is rarely futile - reinvigorating the AMR ecosystem
Added: 5 Mar 2021
Might we defeat our oldest enemy in fighting one of the newest? Peter Jackson looks at how lessons …
Towards 'Zero Leprosy' - model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment
Added: 5 Mar 2021
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work …
Bright future for multitasking CRISPR as it tackles complex diseases and COVID
Added: 29 Jan 2021
In these pseudo-dystopian days of unprecedented pandemic. white-coated men and women in labs all ov…