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A CRISPECTOR calls with fresh insight to gene editing errors

July 5, 2021
An Israeli research team claims new software can detect unintended consequences of gene editing. Here, Dermot Martin unpacks the research that applies statistical modelling to determine and quantify editing activity....

Tackling underlying respiratory conditions for this pandemic and next

July 5, 2021
Innovation ecosystems are crucial to improving outcomes for patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. With a third wave of the current pandemic now seemingly inevitable and those with underlying conditions still...

Researchers reduce severity of sleep apnoea by at least 30 per cent

July 5, 2021
Imagine waking up a hundred times every night not being able to breathe! Believe it or not, data suggests this actually happens to around one and a half million adults...

Olympic Games highlights global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination progress

July 5, 2021
With the rescheduled 2020 Olympic games set for July and August this year, the low vaccination rates in Japan and the impending influx of local spectators to the events could...

New dipping solution turns the whole fish into valuable food

June 16, 2021
When herring are filleted, more than half their weight becomes a low-value ‘side stream’ that never reaches our plates – despite being rich in protein and healthy omega-3 fatty acids....

Free webinar: Testing imported pets to mitigate emerging disease threats

June 9, 2021
With the demand for pets rising dramatically over lockdown, and the number of illegal imports keeping pace, the veterinary sector is concerned that the risks for zoonotic disease transmission resulting...

Staying ahead of the bacteria: A new weapon in the anti-bacterial arms race

June 1, 2021
In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the edge, in part by revealing bacterial weaknesses and potentially by...

Will remote clinical trials help or hinder?

May 28, 2021
With the current world focus on remote solutions, some contract services appear to benefit from place-independence. But Ellie Robertson discusses why, when looked at in greater depth, remote trials aren't...

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