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Cell shape influences antibiotic resistance
Added: 3 Feb 2021
A broad, curvy shape has a lower surface-to-volume ratio and is less susceptible to surface invasio…

Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation
Added: 2 Feb 2021
It must be hard enough to recover from an acute stroke, but many find the physical taxation of reha…

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…

How Are Mobile Apps Improving Diagnosis?
Added: 28 Jan 2021
People frequently use mobile apps in their personal and work lives, letting those applications give…

Antibiotic resistance may spread even more easily than expected
Added: 27 Jan 2021
Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. N…

Love life, love remote working: applying biophilic principles to your home office
Added: 27 Jan 2021
Derived in 1964 by the social psychologist Erich Fromm, ‘biophilia’ means to love life. Here, archi…

Antiviral coating kills viruses and bacteria for product lifetime
Added: 26 Jan 2021
Can you imagine a world where you wouldn't have to worry about disease transmission from surfaces s…

Why cells don't get stuck - generalised cell migration and motility modelled mathematically
Added: 22 Jan 2021
Cell movement has now been mathematically modelled by an interdisciplinary team of theoretical and …

2020's top 100 highlights in research and scholarly commentary
Added: 21 Jan 2021
Good science thrives - even during a pandemic! We all know what dominated most of our thoughts in 2…

Ousting spiritualist clairvoyance with scientific clairaudience
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Hearing voices can be a serious business - both for those afflicted and anyone they might choose to…

Laser-triggered chemical adhesion for tissue engineering of replacement organs
Added: 19 Jan 2021
Laser-triggered chemical adhesion used to build proteins onto biological polymer scaffolding to bri…

Foundational science of the future
Added: 13 Jan 2021
Traditionally pharma has been focused on developing small molecules and chemicals. Here, David Ferr…

Interferon-induced ACE2 production shown to be safe and even effective against COVID-19
Added: 11 Jan 2021
While ACE2 proteins are known to be the vehicle used by COVID-19 to enter the nose and lungs, the p…

Successful AI and ML framework for repurposing drug candidates
Added: 8 Jan 2021
Researchers apply causal inference theory and deep learning algorithms to sort through confounding …

Inhouse genetic analysis
Added: 7 Jan 2021
Here, Dr Philip Hargreaves (business development) and Gabriela Saldanha (product management) discus…

To improve reproducibility; look first to pipetting
Added: 4 Jan 2021
With years of experience and expertise with pipettes, Gustavo Chavarria outlines pipetting factors …

Streamlining critical workflows
Added: 4 Jan 2021
Research technician, Yvette Hoade, explains how electronic pipettes and pipetting robots help speed…

Healthcare takes on psychedelics - an emerging market led by Europe
Added: 17 Dec 2020
More and more revolutionary mind-altering medicines and treatments based on active ingredients prev…

Global clinical research accreditation and certification mark
Added: 16 Dec 2020
New evidence-based clinical research certification mark to set a global blenchmark for quality and …

'Don't try this at home!' - a tale of caution from the BMJ's Christmas issue
Added: 16 Dec 2020
The BMJ take a cautious, christmassy look at the total toxicity of George's Marvellous Medicine and…