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Real-time observation of enzymatic processes on DNA

May 3, 2020
Scientists at the University of Konstanz have used infrared spectroscopy to visualise the biochemical processes that take place at DNA strand breaks involving PARP1. These observations could provide important insight...

A counterintuitive approach to treating Covid-19

May 3, 2020
A new USC study suggests that temporarily suppressing the body's immune system during the early stages of COVID-19 could help a patient avoid severe symptoms. Research, published online in the...

A question of reagents

April 30, 2020
At the time of writing, more than 1.3M people have been infected and more than 72,600 deaths have been linked to the current outbreak of coronavirus. We caught up with...

Heath Secretary thanks you!

April 30, 2020
Health Secretary pays tribute to UK life sciences companies, as testing ramps up for COVID-19

Novel potential Covid-19 treatments discovered

April 29, 2020
A UK-based biotechnology firm has announced the discovery of two separate novel treatments for Covid-19 patients before they are put on ventilators. They are now urgently seeking funding of £4m...

Predicting heart disease with AI

April 29, 2020
A revolutionary new medical device that can predict coronary artery disease – the number one cause of death globally - has been developed by a UK health-tech firm in a...

Certified 3D printed face shields for NHS

April 29, 2020
Engineers at the University of Nottingham have designed a PPE face shield with CE approval that they are 3D printing at scale for healthcare workers to use in the fight...

Open-Source AI-derived drug discovery data to help combat COVID-19

April 27, 2020
Recursion, a digital biology company industrialising drug discovery, released its open-source RxRx19 dataset; the first human cellular morphological dataset of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The human cellular morphological data and over 1,600...

BIA #TestingMethods2020 Update

April 27, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine trials start in the UK, testing scales up and knowledge economy support package valued by members.

Going (anti)viral

April 27, 2020
Dermot Martin catches us up with the rapid reaction of the biopharma community to meet the Covid-19 antiviral quest

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