Articles tagged with "Life Sciences"

Sort by

It takes a lot more brain real estate to disagree than to agree

January 14, 2021
Ever wondered why lockdown with your partner can be so exhausting? Perhaps because it takes a great deal more brain work to argue than it does to agree all the...

Teachers outperform parents in the remote classroom

January 13, 2021
As the UK embraces another national lockdown and parents brace themselves for a second round of homeschooling, a US study demonstrates that remote support from schools is essential to the...

Foundational science of the future

January 13, 2021
Traditionally pharma has been focused on developing small molecules and chemicals. Here, David Ferrick gives his view on immunology and cell therapy as a rapidly emerging pillar of science and...

How to grow your own smart materials with live fermentation cultures

January 12, 2021
Have you ever made your own soda bread or homemade yoghurt using a fermented 'starter culture'? Imagine being able to cultivate your grow your own smart biomaterials at home using...

Interferon-induced ACE2 production shown to be safe and even effective against COVID-19

January 11, 2021
While ACE2 proteins are known to be the vehicle used by COVID-19 to enter the nose and lungs, the previously worrying increase in ACE2 found to occur as a result...

Successful AI and ML framework for repurposing drug candidates

January 8, 2021
Researchers apply causal inference theory and deep learning algorithms to sort through confounding data and successfully pinpoint drug candidates for treatment repurposing. The new framework enables artificial intelligence and machine...

Inhouse genetic analysis

January 7, 2021
Here, Dr Philip Hargreaves (business development) and Gabriela Saldanha (product management) discuss the drivers and lessons learned behind Promega's successful development collaboration with Hitachi High-Tech…

Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain disorders

January 6, 2021
A team of bioengineers has proven a novel system of nanoparticles can successfully carry three times more targeted drug across the previously difficult-to-breach healthy blood brain barrier. This shows promise...

COVID vaccine trial data peer review: Moderna-NIAID partnership

January 5, 2021
A published peer review agrees data from the collaboration between Moderna and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Phase 3 clinical trial confirm the resulting vaccine is...

Accurate COVID-19 test results in only five minutes

January 5, 2021
University of Birmingham researchers have devised a new Reverse Transcriptase Free EXPAR (RTF-EXPAR) testing method. While offering broader applications, it will first be used to create an accurate COVID-19 test...

Pin It on Pinterest