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Novel potential Covid-19 treatments discovered

April 29, 2020
A UK-based biotechnology firm has announced the discovery of two separate novel treatments for Covid-19 patients before they are put on ventilators. They are now urgently seeking funding of £4m...

Open-Source AI-derived drug discovery data to help combat COVID-19

April 27, 2020
Recursion, a digital biology company industrialising drug discovery, released its open-source RxRx19 dataset; the first human cellular morphological dataset of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The human cellular morphological data and over 1,600...

Antibody from SARS epidemic reacts with Coronavirus

April 9, 2020
An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed a potential vulnerability of COVID-19, according to a new study.

Small plankton bad for carbon sequestration

April 2, 2020
A study of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic suggest their cells are smaller than expected ­­–­ meaning a key weapon in the fight against excess carbon dioxide may not be...

Seed funding for oncology drug developer

March 24, 2020
A biotechnology company focused on the treatment of cancer has announced an additional £1 million seed capital from new investor, LifeArc.

Medtech funding for implant company

March 24, 2020
A Newcastle medtech company has secured nearly £250,000 in funding from Innovate UK to further its research into the impact of genetics on implants.

Space-bound human tissue

March 10, 2020
The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station to explore the production of human tissue in weightlessness.

Team release coronavirus inhibition results

March 10, 2020
A team using computer-aided methods to identify possible new drugs to combat the current coronavirus outbreak and similar epidemics in the future is releasing their results immediately.

Human protein atlas sheds light on brain

March 4, 2020
An international team of scientists has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain.

Investment transforms UK cancer campus

February 28, 2020
A new multimillion investment is to drive forward development of The London Cancer Hub – boosting efforts to turn it into the world’s leading life-science campus focused on overcoming cancer.

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