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Nine-point expert consensus plan to improve NHS

November 11, 2020
News
A consensus panel of health experts has recommended a nine-point improvement plan that recommends the NHS vary drug prices for different conditions to widen NHS access to innovative treatments. Recommendations...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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Keeping our elders healthy during COVID-19 lockdown

November 10, 2020
News
UK public health agencies call for a National Covid-19 Resilience Programme to keep older people healthy and resilient. Increased risks of Covid-19 hospitalisation, disease severity and death are associated with...
Life Sciences
Covid-19
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Self-watering soil could transform farming

November 9, 2020
News
They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the most pressing challenges for many nations across the globe. For centuries, humanity...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food Science, Materials, Materials Science, Soil Science
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Food fraud in China opens the market to EU products

November 9, 2020
News
There is wide distrust among the general public within China regarding food and safety throughout the national production chain following several serious incidents over the past few years. Could this...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health & Safety
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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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