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The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology
Added: 22 Apr 2024
CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its…

Which three extinct animals would you invite to dinner?
Added: 24 May 2022
Considering de-extinction, iterative evolution, re-evolution and the Elvis taxon, Russ Swan muses o…

Winning collaboration for LIMS implementation
Added: 11 May 2022
Under pressure to safeguard its incoming student body from COVID-19, The University of Nottingham n…

Improving contract lab efficiency and productivity through automation
Added: 29 Apr 2022
As demand for outsourced microbiological testing to assure the food value chain increases, contract…

Accelerating R&D innovation in 2022 and beyond
Added: 3 Jan 2022
Accounting for pandemic drivers and a general acceptance that a return to pre-pandemic business hab…

A Million to One: Bridging the biomarker chasm from discovery to the clinic
Added: 21 Dec 2021
With so much research being published on biomarkers, yet so few companion diagnostic devices being …

Shaking up the lab of the future
Added: 15 Dec 2021
From testing and drug discovery to vaccine rollout, collaboration and open innovation have been vit…

Four challenges to overcome for AI to thrive in medical imaging
Added: 20 Oct 2021
With increased digitisation in medical clinics, comes increased reliance on AI-enabled tools to mor…

At last digital transformation is embraced by the healthcare industry
Added: 18 Oct 2021
The future of healthcare that we envision in 2040 will be a world apart from the current status quo…

Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on…

Driving precision medicine into frontline healthcare
Added: 16 Aug 2021
Improved patient safety demands greater specificity to ensure therapeutic efficiency. Here, Tom Ren…

Tackling underlying respiratory conditions for this pandemic and next
Added: 5 Jul 2021
Innovation ecosystems are crucial to improving outcomes for patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronc…

Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System
Added: 7 Apr 2021
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medici…

Bright future for multitasking CRISPR as it tackles complex diseases and COVID
Added: 29 Jan 2021
In these pseudo-dystopian days of unprecedented pandemic. white-coated men and women in labs all ov…

Robots support growth in Medical, Pharmaceutical and Lifesciences sectors
Added: 15 Oct 2020
Mechatronics solutions expert, Simon Jenkins, highlights just one of the areas where robots are now…

Reflections on the CRISPR journey from conception to Nobel Prize and beyond...
Added: 14 Oct 2020
Our very own CRISPR specialist, Dermot Martin, muses on this year’s historic decision to award the …

How COVID-19 kills: a tale of two conditions
Added: 7 Aug 2020
Steve Walton, explains why he believes the majority of patients that die after being infected with …

Game Theory: Linkage
Added: 5 Aug 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column the newest recruits to the Lab News team, Dr…