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COVID-19 may impact fight-or-flight response in young adults

August 9, 2021
New collaborative research using microneurography suggests COVID-19 may alter the fight-or-flight response in young adults, potentially distrupting many bodily processes and providing insight into 'long-COVID' symptoms. Pain response, lung function,...

Get ready for Lab Awards 2021

August 9, 2021
Brand new in 2021, the Lab Awards will be taking place at the ICC in Birmingham on the evening of November 3, 2021 — the first night of Lab Innovations....

All eyes on Lab Innovations 2021

August 5, 2021
At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, scientists, researchers and more will come together and do business for the first time in 2021. On...

Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson’s disease

August 2, 2021
Researchers have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse studies....

Are all mammals just copy cats? Felines to play a key role in human genetics

July 30, 2021
The feline genome is ordered similarly to humans according to one veterinary medicine expert. So, cats have the potential to be a valuable model organism for geneticists to help understand...

Gene variant discovery could help treat Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain disorders

July 29, 2021
New research suggests early changes in brain metabolism may explain the neurodegeneration suffered by Alzheimer's patients. Discovery of a special gene variant, that causes astrocytes of the brain and exhausts...

One drug to treat them all: towards a ‘master’ coronavirus treatment

July 22, 2021
Researchers seek and find that precious drug-binding pocket that is so essential to the coronavirus protein function that it cannot be mutated, and therefore remains accessible across all strains. Using...

Demystifying plant biostimulants for selection based on crop growing goals

July 16, 2021
Plant biostimulants have now been categorised by into eight classes based on their modes of action. A newly published review, which includes summaries of product composition, mechanisms, efficacy, and application...

Unlocking the value of data in Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN)

July 16, 2021
Pharma companies, personnel involved in data standards, and ELN (electronic notebook) vendors are being sought to help with the Semantic Enrichment of ELN Data (SEED) project which uses data standards...

New report recommends antibody testing within the Covid-19 vaccination programme

July 8, 2021
Antibody testing can be used to identify the minority of people who have a sub-optimal response to Covid-19 vaccination, this is estimated to be up to 10 per cent of...

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