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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…
Registrations are open for November’s Lab Innovations
Added: 1 Sep 2021
Lab Innovations 2021, the UK’s only trade show for the laboratory industry, has opened visitor regi…
Scientists get second opinion from AI on tell-tale heart
Added: 26 Aug 2021
The single biggest global cause of death is heart disease. Changes in the electrical signals associ…
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…
COVID-19 may impact fight-or-flight response in young adults
Added: 9 Aug 2021
New collaborative research using microneurography suggests COVID-19 may alter the fight-or-flight r…
Get ready for Lab Awards 2021
Added: 9 Aug 2021
Brand new in 2021, the Lab Awards will be taking place at the ICC in Birmingham on the evening of N…
Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021
Added: 5 Aug 2021
Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021, the UK chemical industries national expo, bein…
All eyes on Lab Innovations 2021
Added: 5 Aug 2021
At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, s…
Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson's disease
Added: 2 Aug 2021
Researchers have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berrie…
Are all mammals just copy cats? Felines to play a key role in human genetics
Added: 30 Jul 2021
The feline genome is ordered similarly to humans according to one veterinary medicine expert. So, c…
Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer's and other degenerative brain disorders
Added: 29 Jul 2021
New research suggests early changes in brain metabolism may explain the neurodegeneration suffered …
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…
Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions
Added: 22 Jul 2021
A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people wi…
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 …
Tissue autografting turns pulp fiction into pulp reality
Added: 6 Jul 2021
One of the most challenging medical conditions is serious loss of tissue. Unlike certain animals, h…
Researchers reduce severity of sleep apnoea by at least 30 per cent
Added: 5 Jul 2021
Imagine waking up a hundred times every night not being able to breathe! Believe it or not, data su…
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…
Women in STEM see equality slip during the pandemic
Added: 11 Jun 2021
Despite some good work over the years, it has become apparent that there is yet more work to be don…
