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From Lab to market: Navigating venture capital in life sciences

August 31, 2021
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Venture capital (VC) is a vital form of funding for taking scientific ideas from lab to market, but for many academic scientists, negotiating with investors will be uncharted territory. Here,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Celebrating 50 years with the mother of ‘ELISA’

August 27, 2021
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In an exclusive interview with Dermot Martin, Eva Engvall discusses the invention and evolution of ELISA, the fifty-year old analysis technique that sits at the heart of COVID testing kits.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Virology
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3 Ingredients for Effective Pharmaceutical Cybersecurity

August 26, 2021
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The pharmaceutical industry faces growing pressure from cyber threats. Attacks on manufacturers and organizations involved in pharmaceutical logistics, like the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain, are becoming more frequent. In many...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Computer Science, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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The one hundredth column from a heart-filled nerd

August 20, 2021
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Never doing anything by halves and much to the relief of friends, family, and this editor, Russ Swan walks out of hospital, lands on Mars and celebrates ingenuity, the NHS,...
Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy
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Game Theory: Carbon City Zero (world edition)

August 19, 2021
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Games are a useful distraction during these times. Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner, take us through Carbon City Zero (world edition) to find out if it is any...
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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Driving precision medicine into frontline healthcare

August 16, 2021
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Improved patient safety demands greater specificity to ensure therapeutic efficiency. Here, Tom Renn looks at some of the pioneering companies driving the precision medicine technologies that will support this level...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Game review: Bee Lives

August 1, 2021
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Details Age 14+1-4 players40 minutesHit em with a shoe Traffic Lights Educational use – 6/6Scientific accuracy – 5/6Enjoyment – 6/6
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Comment And Analysis
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The mind-boggling complexity of scientific waste

July 30, 2021
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Why is scientific waste disposal complicated? Dr Matthew Partridge muses on that gap in student and researcher health and safety training, investigates documentation, and considers how we all might remember...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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The journey to net zero carbon science

July 26, 2021
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With a 2050 deadline for all buildings in the UK to be operationally net zero carbon, Tim Fry discusses the challenges faced by energy intensive building owners and occupiers and...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Materials, Nanotech, Physics, Policy
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Banking botanicals: protecting plants and safeguarding seeds

July 16, 2021
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Following up on the wonderful photo story, 'Botanical biodiversity banked', published on our website last November in celebration of MSB's 20th anniversary, we decided to ask Dr Chris Cockel what...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Interviews, Microbiology
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Tackling underlying respiratory conditions for this pandemic and next

July 5, 2021
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Innovation ecosystems are crucial to improving outcomes for patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. With a third wave of the current pandemic now seemingly inevitable and those with underlying conditions still...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pathology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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How to improve energy efficiency in your lab

June 17, 2021
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Much of the literature on energy efficiency and reducing energy usage is directed at residential homes, but laboratories are one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in the United States. Luckily,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Materials, Nanotech, Physics
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