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UK Gov invests £400 million in innovation

June 26, 2020
News
Seven major research and innovation projects across the UK have today (Friday 26 June) received over £400 million in government and industry funding. Businesses and universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy
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COVID-19 Earth observation dashboard

June 25, 2020
News
In response to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have joined forces to use the collective scientific power of their...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental
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New antiviral technology supports reusable COVID-19 facemasks

June 25, 2020
News
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and ITA RWTH Aachen, two of the most recognised academic institutions in virology and textiles, have confirmed the efficacy of a new self-disinfecting technology to...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Covid-19, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical/Health, Organic Chemistry
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Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025

June 25, 2020
News
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human rights and biomedical technologies. Governance of technologies, equity in health care and physical and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Oncology, Paleobiology, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Policy, Virology
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Higher rates of severe COVID-19 in ethnic minorities remain unexplained

June 23, 2020
News
Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections among ethnic minorities are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioural factors, cardiovascular disease risk, or by vitamin D status, according to new research led...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Keeping governments accountable: The COVID-10 assessment scorecard

June 16, 2020
Insight
A new commentary published in Nature Medicine calls for governments to recognise the urgent need to improve their outbreak preparation and response. The authors propose six broad actions that governments...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Policy
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Survival of coronavirus in different cities, on different surfaces

June 11, 2020
News
One of the many questions researchers have about COVID-19 is how long the coronavirus causing the disease remains alive after someone infected with it coughs or sneezes. Once the droplets...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Medical/Health, Virology
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Widespread facemask use could shrink the ‘R’ number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave

June 10, 2020
News
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevents further waves of the virus when combined with lockdowns, a modelling study from the universities of Cambridge...
Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy, Virology
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GSK partners CRISPR discoverer to develop rapid COVID-19 test

June 4, 2020
Feature
Gene editor turns gene detective: Dermot Martin investigates a successful COVID-19 test development collaboration... A California-based company created to develop CRISPR gene editing technology, is collaborating with the UK's GlaxoSmithKline...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19

May 29, 2020
News
Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, there has been unprecedented efforts by clinicians and researchers from around the world to quickly...
Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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