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UK vaccine capability enjoys a >£100M cash boost

July 24, 2020
News
The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to research and develop a COVID-19 vaccine and has provided £131 million funding to University of Oxford and Imperial College London...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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UK-based in-depth study of early COVID-19 detection

July 24, 2020
News
UK digital health and therapeutics company Huma is teaming up with the renowned Fenland Study research team at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge to begin...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Virology
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Study delivers animal replacement method for vaccine testing

July 23, 2020
News
Dutch, Bilthoven based, Intravacc, a global leader intranslational research and development of viral and bacterial vaccines, today announced the publication of a study in Scientific Reports on alternatives to the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Virology
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First US-statewide COVID-19 random sample study findings published

July 23, 2020
News
The results of the first statewide random sample study in the United States to measure the spread of COVID-19 indicated a general population prevalence of about 2.8 percent in Indiana....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Virology
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Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus

July 23, 2020
News
Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus that causes COVID-19 can only be studied safely under high-level biosafety conditions. Scientists handling the infectious virus must wear full-body biohazard suits with pressurised...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Virology
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Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

July 22, 2020
News
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spikes bind to human cells via the ACE2 receptor...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health
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The truth about turtles

July 19, 2020
Feature
A research team from Florida State University (FSU) has discovered a world of microscopic life on the back of loggerhead turtles which might explain the geographic spread of aquatic meiofauna....
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, In Depth, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Parasitology
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Machine learning helps grow artificial organs

July 17, 2020
News
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming, and the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Schepens Eye Research Institute have developed a neural network capable of...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Health, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

July 16, 2020
News
Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolutionary adaption than previously thought, according to new research in Nature. Biologists identified 37 of these...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics
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Serving virtual reality Raspberry Pi to flies

July 15, 2020
News
The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality environments to small, freely moving animals (such as flies and fish larvae), according to a...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Zoology
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