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UK Gov invests £400 million in innovation
Added: 26 Jun 2020
Seven major research and innovation projects across the UK have today (Friday 26 June) received ove…
Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025
Added: 25 Jun 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human right…
Higher rates of severe COVID-19 in ethnic minorities remain unexplained
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections among ethnic minorities are not explained by socioeconom…
Webinar: Accepting animal-free bacterial endotoxin testing
Added: 15 Jun 2020
European, US, Japanese and Chinese pharmacopeia will include a synthetic substitute for horseshoe c…
First adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine receives EU approval
Added: 15 Jun 2020
The European Commission has now given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent inf…
Widespread facemask use could shrink the 'R' number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevent…
Global alliance for collaborative digital health
Added: 10 Jun 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation …
Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions w…
A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19
Added: 29 May 2020
Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, th…
How to fast without having to fast
Added: 28 May 2020
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the …
DIY reagents for COVID-19 testing
Added: 20 May 2020
Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create s…
Return to work safely: Environmental surface swabbing
Added: 18 May 2020
In light of the UK government’s request for employers to enable staff to safely return to work wher…
Return to work safely: Managing transmission in transport hubs
Added: 18 May 2020
Aerosol specialists – ANCON Medical – discuss innovation that could detect COVID-19 in high traffic…
Why men are more vulnerable to Covid-19 than women
Added: 12 May 2020
Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations …
AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart
Added: 12 May 2020
A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the …
Why all newborns should receive BCG vaccine
Added: 7 May 2020
An international research team has identified the mechanism behind one of science's most enduring m…
Virtual conference on low-carbon lifestyle changes
Added: 7 May 2020
More than 500 researchers from all around the world will gather virtually tomorrow Wednesday May 6 …
Confirmed: SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated
Added: 6 May 2020
Analysis work from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research provides evidence that S…
Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations
Added: 6 May 2020
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a cyber security warning to healthcare organis…
A counterintuitive approach to treating Covid-19
Added: 4 May 2020
A new USC study suggests that temporarily suppressing the body's immune system during the early sta…
