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Nine-point expert consensus plan to improve NHS

November 11, 2020
News
A consensus panel of health experts has recommended a nine-point improvement plan that recommends the NHS vary drug prices for different conditions to widen NHS access to innovative treatments. Recommendations...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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Self-watering soil could transform farming

November 9, 2020
News
They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the most pressing challenges for many nations across the globe. For centuries, humanity...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food Science, Materials, Materials Science, Soil Science
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Malaria test as simple as a bandage

November 5, 2020
News
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Parasitology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Do octopuses’ arms have a mind of their own?

November 4, 2020
News
Often described as aliens, octopuses are one of most unusual creatures on the planet, with three hearts, eight limbs and a keen intelligence. They can open jars, solve puzzles and...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Zoology
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Nonscience Returns: You can get away with anything on TV

November 2, 2020
Insight
Biologist and broadcaster Professor Brian J Ford’s satire on science has just been updated as Nonscience Returns. Here he offers light-hearted advice to scientists about to appear on television.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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An artificial cell on a chip

October 28, 2020
News
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells. Using microfluidic technology, they produce miniature polymeric reaction containers equipped with...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes

October 28, 2020
News
Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us understand immune response to SARS-CoV-2 virus and even find drug targets to assist...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Virology
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New cancer drug for difficult tumour types

October 28, 2020
News
A new drug designed to counter the effects of an important, but very hard to target, cancer mutation could be effective against a range of tumour types including lung and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?

October 28, 2020
Insight
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operation Moonshot' reach its target of half a million UK COVID tests per day asks Mark Gray...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Embracing change to keep pace with routine test demand

October 23, 2020
Feature
Penny Pinnock looks at why NHS trusts must work together to meet the challenges facing their laboratories and how financial solutions can help support cost-effective investments in new technologies…
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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