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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...

Heath Secretary thanks you!

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

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...

Largest Synthetic Polysaccharide Assembled

April 29, 2020
Chemists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam, Germany) have set a milestone by preparing the two largest carbohydrates ever assembled. Using an Automated Glycan Assembly (AGA)...

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...

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.

New collaboration to drive understanding of COVID-19

April 26, 2020
A new collaboration between Medicines Discovery Catapult, Retrogenix and Peak Proteins will work to identify target receptors for COVID-19 and advance understanding of the cellular mechanisms of infection by COVID-19.

Targeted prevention of preterm labour

April 26, 2020
A new approach that targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labour and birth has been identified by research from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

One step closer to targeted cancer suppression

April 23, 2020
A multi-national team from at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Centre and Case Comprehensive Cancer Centre have identified the binding site for targeted cancer suppression.

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