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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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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
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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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Manchester expert launches COVID-19 global task force

July 17, 2020
News
A world-leading materials expert from The University of Manchester is helping to launch a new global task force to drive innovation in digital health to combat pandemics like COVID-19 -...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Engineering, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Materials, Materials Science, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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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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New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
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The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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5G could support telesurgery during COVID-19 pandemic

July 14, 2020
News
A surgeon demonstrated how telesurgery could be successfully performed using robotic technology and a 5G network by operating on a cadaver patient from 15 km away. The low latency and...
Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
News
Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Genetics, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
News
Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental
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Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)

July 2, 2020
News
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Particle Physics, Physics
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