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New potential factor contributing to severity of COVID-19 identified
Added: 27 Sep 2021
Researchers have found that the so-called 'do not eat me', virus-induced signal protein, CD47, may …
NHS takes steps to minimise impact of blood tube shortage
Added: 9 Sep 2021
The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has delivered a clarification statement regarding the sh…
UK vaccination programme: More to be done!
Added: 9 Sep 2021
Think tanks calls for Government to continue momentum from COVID-19 vaccination programme as winter…
UK launches national antibody surveillance programme
Added: 25 Aug 2021
For the first time, UK Health Security Agency to launch UK-wide antibody surveillance programme for…
One drug to treat them all: towards a 'master' coronavirus treatment
Added: 22 Jul 2021
Researchers seek and find that precious drug-binding pocket that is so essential to the coronavirus…
New report recommends antibody testing within the Covid-19 vaccination programme
Added: 8 Jul 2021
Antibody testing can be used to identify the minority of people who have a sub-optimal response to …
Breakthrough for tracking RNA with fluorescence
Added: 7 Jul 2021
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in developing a method to …
Olympic Games highlights global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination progress
Added: 5 Jul 2021
With the rescheduled 2020 Olympic games set for July and August this year, the low vaccination rate…
Free webinar: Testing imported pets to mitigate emerging disease threats
Added: 9 Jun 2021
With the demand for pets rising dramatically over lockdown, and the number of illegal imports keepi…
Learning on the fly: Computer model links insect and mammalian learning
Added: 7 May 2021
Even the humble fruit fly craves a dose of the happy hormone, according to a new study from the Uni…
Trust-based not-for-profit biobank platform will offer left-over biosamples to biotech and Pharma researchers
Added: 28 Apr 2021
Left-over clinical material like blood samples and excised tissue may be medical waste, but it can …
Expansion microscopy: Imaging biological samples at nanoscale using an ordinary light microscope
Added: 9 Apr 2021
Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological s…
Bringing DNA sequencing to the frontlines in the fight against anti-microbial resistance
Added: 10 Mar 2021
The future may see DNA sequencing as a routine bacterial diagnostic technique in hospitals and clin…
Robotic system outSTRIPs all previous COVID testing systems
Added: 9 Feb 2021
A live laboratory setup in the Netherlands demonstrates that five robots could accurately process a…
Extracting a novel biochemical reservoir from between our skin cells
Added: 26 Nov 2020
We're all used to the fact that there is so much more to learn about how our own bodies work, but i…
Cheers at The Bioprocess Arms - where everyone knows your name
Added: 18 Nov 2020
Cheers to BioProcessUK4.0!
Who said virtual events were boring? The BIA just upped expectations of…
CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes
Added: 28 Oct 2020
Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us …
Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specia…
Ensuring 'fair and equitable' distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
Added: 4 Sep 2020
When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World H…
Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort
Added: 4 Sep 2020
More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Clo…
