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Global alliance for collaborative digital health

June 10, 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today launched a new series of programs to help organisations collaborate on...

Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule

June 9, 2020
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D printed capsule controlled by magnetic fields thanks to advances made by University of Sussex...

GSK partners CRISPR discoverer to develop rapid COVID-19 test

June 4, 2020
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...

New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery

June 1, 2020
MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long. The flow-based technology could speed up drug development and allow scientists to design...

DIY reagents for COVID-19 testing

May 19, 2020
Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create more crucial reagents for use in COVID-19 tests that could also provide enhancements to...

Re-purposing familiar drugs to defend against COVID 19

May 14, 2020
Drugs with a successful track record against rare diseases occasionally show positive effects over unrelated conditions. So-called re-purposing has had its advocates in the pharmaceutical and biochemical sector for many...

What’s your poison?

May 10, 2020
Why are so many drugs derived from natural sources on the market to treat human disease? Venom-master Steve Trim explains how evolution can give us a Pharmaceutical short-cut.

Why all newborns should receive BCG vaccine

May 6, 2020
An international research team has identified the mechanism behind one of science's most enduring mysteries: what makes the 100-year-old tuberculosis (TB) vaccine so effective at preventing newborn deaths from diseases...

Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations

May 5, 2020
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a cyber security warning to healthcare organisations involved in the COVID-19 response. Following publication of the lasted joint advisory, the NCSC and...

Controlled spherical crystallography for targeted drug delivery

May 3, 2020
Results from a research collaboration between researchers at Drexel’s College of Engineering and the Chemistry Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville demonstrate how to control the formation of structures...

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