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The changing diagnostic testing paradigm

January 22, 2024
Feature
Despite laboratories' longstanding reliance upon microbial culture for infectious disease identification, the pressures of the pandemic have increased interest in the uses of alternatives, not least molecular diagnostics, argues Tim...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, In Depth, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical
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Nanoscience pioneer McKendry wins £350k AF Harvey prize

January 14, 2024
News
Infectious disease surveillance pioneer Rachel McKendry has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Covid-19, Engineering, Health & Safety, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Pharmacology, Virology
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Robots ‘offer effective intervention in combatting loneliness and negative emotions’

December 4, 2023
News
‘Social’ robots employed during the pandemic to overcome isolation were able to help individuals struggling with isolation, stress and other difficult emotions, claims a new study.
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Policy
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DEFRA data share essential to pandemic preparation urges expert

November 27, 2023
News
Non-healthcare bodies such as DEFRA need to collaborate more fully with healthcare organisations in order to boost preparations against new pandemics, warned a leading genomics expert.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Environmental, Forensics, Genetics, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology
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Building scientific communities

November 6, 2023
Insight
The pandemic delivered a temporary setback to the face-to-face conference but spurred interest in how social media and other platforms can build networks that increase rather than restrict opportunities for...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Stopping the rot

July 23, 2023
Insight
The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supply worldwide. As ever, science is seeking to provide solutions.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health, Medical/Health, Pharmacology, Policy
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Wong appointed to Aston’s unique Regius pharmacy professorship

July 3, 2023
News
The pharmacoepidemiologist Professor Ian Wong has been appointed as the new Regius Professor of Pharmacy at Aston University.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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Study reveals flu pandemics’ 20 year long tail

June 18, 2023
News
New analysis of historic data from the previous two centuries suggests that influenza pandemics create a heightened risk of populations dying from the disease that lasts for around two decades.
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Virology
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Pirbright virus programmes receive quarter share of new £0.3 billion research funding

May 29, 2023
News
Nearly a quarter of a £0.37 billion new scientific funding package has been awarded to one of the UK’s leading research hubs for animal-to-human viruses.
Life Sciences
Biology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Genetics, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy, Virology
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Online surveys key to safety data for novel vaccines concludes report

May 28, 2023
News
Online surveys provide an efficient means to gather drug safety data on novel vaccines rolled out at scale, says a new European study that assessed the performance of Covid-19 programmes.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Virology
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