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Seven ‘disease forms’ identified in mild COVID-19

November 6, 2020
News
Research suggests accute COVID-19 infection leaves behind both potentially harmful and beneficial imprints in the cellurlar immune system of patients - a bit like a fingerprint. This defense system and...
Life Sciences
Covid-19
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Malaria test as simple as a bandage

November 5, 2020
News
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Parasitology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Frontiers survey: Early impact of COVID-19 on scientists

November 5, 2020
Insight
With scientists under such enormous political and social pressure to deliver answers to the current COVID crisis, how are global researchers holding up? We were unprepared, despite warnings, and some...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19
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Do octopuses’ arms have a mind of their own?

November 4, 2020
News
Often described as aliens, octopuses are one of most unusual creatures on the planet, with three hearts, eight limbs and a keen intelligence. They can open jars, solve puzzles and...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Zoology
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COVID-19 deaths in under-65s offer better insights into infection rates

November 4, 2020
News
Has the high death rate among elderly populations skewed disease transmission data? Researchers from the University of Cambridge believe so. As a result, they think it would be more accurate...
Life Sciences
Covid-19
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Clarifying VAT on PPE for charities during COVID pandemic

November 3, 2020
Insight
Led by GAMBICA, the trade association for the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory industries in the UK, the lab industry is working to bring clarity to an unnecessarily confusing situation...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Policy
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Nonscience Returns: You can get away with anything on TV

November 2, 2020
Insight
Biologist and broadcaster Professor Brian J Ford’s satire on science has just been updated as Nonscience Returns. Here he offers light-hearted advice to scientists about to appear on television.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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An artificial cell on a chip

October 28, 2020
News
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells. Using microfluidic technology, they produce miniature polymeric reaction containers equipped with...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes

October 28, 2020
News
Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us understand immune response to SARS-CoV-2 virus and even find drug targets to assist...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Virology
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New cancer drug for difficult tumour types

October 28, 2020
News
A new drug designed to counter the effects of an important, but very hard to target, cancer mutation could be effective against a range of tumour types including lung and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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