Articles tagged with "Biochemistry"

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Laboratory News Podcast – Rhythmical rats and scientific gin

September 7, 2020
Its only a bloomin' party episode! And what makes a party really tick? Why music and alcohol of course...

Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights

September 4, 2020
Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialised precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel 'disease-in-a-dish' model to study...

First rapid breath test for Coronavirus trialled

September 4, 2020
Canterbury-based technology firm ANCON Medical (‘Ancon’) announces the trial of its Nanotechnology Biomarker Tagging (NBT) system, to provide a breath test to diagnose Coronavirus in 10 -15 minutes. The system,...

Jurassic Park style GM experiment flies under the radar

September 1, 2020
An Oxfordshire based company is at the centre of planned controversial use of GM modified mosquitoes in Florida to combat diseases mosquito-related diseases. Dermot Martin looks into the facts of...

How to use serum viscosity to understand COVID-19 patient risk

September 1, 2020
2020 has been a strange year all round. An unknown virus, probably in a bat colony in central China mutated to allow it to infect humans too. Within 3 months...

Improved cybernetics hardware – human interfacing

August 17, 2020
Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could monitor for tumour development...

Bringing innate immunity centre stage in COVID-19 combat

August 17, 2020
A recent Canadian paper [1] has acknowledged that the innate immune system could have a direct effect on the body’s ability to respond to COVID-19, and we must continue to...

Medical cannabis growth could offer boom for lab industry

August 12, 2020
Further easing of import restrictions by the Government will provide faster access to patients prescribed cannabis-based medicines — and is the removal of yet another barrier in a market expected...

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