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Confirmed: SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated

May 5, 2020
Analysis work from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research provides evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has not mutated into different types.

A counterintuitive approach to treating Covid-19

May 3, 2020
A new USC study suggests that temporarily suppressing the body's immune system during the early stages of COVID-19 could help a patient avoid severe symptoms. Research, published online in the...

A question of reagents

April 30, 2020
At the time of writing, more than 1.3M people have been infected and more than 72,600 deaths have been linked to the current outbreak of coronavirus. We caught up with...

Predicting heart disease with AI

April 29, 2020
A revolutionary new medical device that can predict coronary artery disease – the number one cause of death globally - has been developed by a UK health-tech firm in a...

Certified 3D printed face shields for NHS

April 29, 2020
Engineers at the University of Nottingham have designed a PPE face shield with CE approval that they are 3D printing at scale for healthcare workers to use in the fight...

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...

BIA #TestingMethods2020 Update

April 27, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine trials start in the UK, testing scales up and knowledge economy support package valued by members.

Good science communication is vital

April 27, 2020
There is no more important time to get science communication right than during a pandemic. But, says Melanie Challenger, that is harder than it seems…

New collaboration to drive understanding of COVID-19

April 26, 2020
A new collaboration between Medicines Discovery Catapult, Retrogenix and Peak Proteins will work to identify target receptors for COVID-19 and advance understanding of the cellular mechanisms of infection by COVID-19.

Knowing a lot about very little

August 19, 2019
The potential of nanomedicine to tackle many diseases is immense, but we really don't know much about how they get into cells and what potential damage – as well as...

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