Physicist creates fifth state of matter from their living room
May 21, 2020
Dr Amruta Gadge from the Quantum Systems and Devices Laboratory successfully created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) - considered to be the fifth state of matter - using quantum technology based...
Re-purposing familiar drugs to defend against COVID 19
May 14, 2020
Drugs with a successful track record against rare diseases occasionally show positive effects over unrelated conditions. So-called re-purposing has had its advocates in the pharmaceutical and biochemical sector for many...
What’s your poison?
May 10, 2020
Why are so many drugs derived from natural sources on the market to treat human disease? Venom-master Steve Trim explains how evolution can give us a Pharmaceutical short-cut.
The renaissance of supercritical fluid chromatography
May 10, 2020
Early development of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) was described as high-pressure or dense gas chromatography (HPGC or DGC) and low boiling point hydrocarbons were used as the supercritical mobile phase....
The physics of restoration
April 30, 2020
Art plays a significant part in modern society, and the art of restoration is crucial to safeguarding our cultural heritage. Philipp Gutfreund, Research Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) explains how new...
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
Going round in circles
April 9, 2020
Single use plastics are a staple in the lab – but they are also are part of the plastics pollution problem. Here Bill Walford talks to Jeremy Carter about his...
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Coronavirus – is it just “a type of ‘flu”?
April 2, 2020
The virology, genomics, epidemiology and medical response – Chief Virology Examiner at the Institute of Biomedical Science, Dr Sarah Pitt, sums up current thinking on coronaviruses and compares the outbreak...
Shining a light on diabetes
March 17, 2020
The complexity of glycogen storage diseases like diabetes means a reductionist approach just won't cut it. Here we learn how systems medicine could lead to symptom reduction and quicker detection
Does gene therapy put safety second?
March 15, 2020
The delivery of gene therapies relies almost entirely on viral vectors. So, when it comes to the production of these micro-delivery agents, you'd think safety would be a top priority…...
Breaking the mould with jellyfish
March 12, 2020
The study of cells has perhaps been the most impactful way we have developed modern medicine Here we learn why the source of collagen in cell culture has never been...
Enemy at the gates
March 4, 2020
As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe and vaccine hesitancy threatens the return of long-dead diseases, Dr Neil Polwart thinks that next generation digital diagnostic tech could help control...
