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Collaborate to accumulate

August 25, 2020
Pharmaceutical research and development has historically been shrouded in mystery; a secretive activity conducted behind closed doors to protect commercial advantage. So, as big data continues to transform the industry...

Coronavirus ‘trap and zap’ technology

August 24, 2020
Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. Image: A schematic of the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle, which...

Converting self-sterilising water filtration technologies for COVID-19 protection

August 24, 2020
With the worldwide focus on coronavirus prevention and transmission, a new type of air-filter that self-sterilises and decontaminates is being developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel...

Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

August 18, 2020
Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply network, creating one of the largest virtual biobanks worldwide accessible to life science innovators.

Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain

August 17, 2020
Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply...

Improved cybernetics hardware – human interfacing

August 17, 2020
Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could monitor for tumour development...

Bringing innate immunity centre stage in COVID-19 combat

August 17, 2020
A recent Canadian paper [1] has acknowledged that the innate immune system could have a direct effect on the body’s ability to respond to COVID-19, and we must continue to...

Can efficiency and sustainability coexist?

August 17, 2020
Allison Paradise, CEO of My Green lab, a non-profit organization and Marc Boreham vice president and general manager of Agilent's Laboratory Enterprise Solutions Division share their views on the interplay...

Medical cannabis growth could offer boom for lab industry

August 12, 2020
Further easing of import restrictions by the Government will provide faster access to patients prescribed cannabis-based medicines — and is the removal of yet another barrier in a market expected...

AI stratification significantly improves treatment outcomes for COVID-19 patients

August 11, 2020
AN EIT Health project demonstrates early positive results on improving treatment outcomes of patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 (as part of the EIT’s Crisis Response Initiative, this project directly contributes...

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