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Collaborate to accumulate

August 25, 2020
Pharmaceutical research and development has historically been shrouded in mystery; a secretive activity conducted behind closed doors to protect commercial advantage. So, as big data continues to transform the industry...

Coronavirus ‘trap and zap’ technology

August 24, 2020
Rice University researchers plan to reconfigure their 'trap and zap' wastewater-treatment technology to capture and deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. Image: A schematic of the SARS-CoV-2 viral particle, which...

Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

August 18, 2020
Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply network, creating one of the largest virtual biobanks worldwide accessible to life science innovators.

Coronaviruses amplified along wildlife supply chain

August 17, 2020
Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply...

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...

AI stratification significantly improves treatment outcomes for COVID-19 patients

August 11, 2020
AN EIT Health project demonstrates early positive results on improving treatment outcomes of patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 (as part of the EIT’s Crisis Response Initiative, this project directly contributes...

Capturing clinical movement

August 7, 2020
From gait analysis to neuroscience, Dr Kim Duffy illustrates how motion capture technology is being applied in healthcare research...

COVID-19 testing will be standard for clinical trials

August 7, 2020
Clinical trial specialist, Bärbel Wilke expects corona testing for both virus and antibody detection to become standard for the recruitment and continued participation of patients in clinical trials. Catherine Featherston...

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