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Study delivers animal replacement method for vaccine testing
July 23, 2020
Dutch, Bilthoven based, Intravacc, a global leader intranslational research and development of viral and bacterial vaccines, today announced the publication of a study in Scientific Reports on alternatives to the...
Improving animal research: New ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines released
July 15, 2020
A previous version of the ARRIVE guidelines for the rigorous reporting of animal studies was published in 2010 by the UK-based science organisation, the NC3Rs. Now, ten years later, new...
Fighting E. coli with E. coli
July 7, 2020
According to findings from a new gut-in-a-dish study published in mBio, Nissle, a strain of Escherichia coli, is harmless to intestinal tissue and may protect the gut from enterohemorrhagic E....
First volunteer receives new Imperial COVID-19 vaccine
June 26, 2020
The first healthy volunteer has received a new coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers led by Professor Robin Shattock at Imperial College London. The phase I trials were funded by UKRI...
New antiviral technology supports reusable COVID-19 facemasks
June 25, 2020
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and ITA RWTH Aachen, two of the most recognised academic institutions in virology and textiles, have confirmed the efficacy of a new self-disinfecting technology to...
Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025
June 25, 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human rights and biomedical technologies. Governance of technologies, equity in health care and physical and...
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Honey, I shrunk the cell culture
June 24, 2020
From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on screen. Now chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a real shrink ray...
The many lifetimes of plastics
June 16, 2020
Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment but is this information reliable? Many of us have seen informational posters at...
First adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine receives EU approval
June 15, 2020
The European Commission has now given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine to become available across Europe. This new vaccine builds on the well-established technology used in...
Webinar: Accepting animal-free bacterial endotoxin testing
June 15, 2020
European, US, Japanese and Chinese pharmacopeia will include a synthetic substitute for horseshoe crab blood in their next revisions, despite some initial concerns from US Pharmacopia experts in May. Lonza...
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