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Improving animal research: New ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines released

July 15, 2020
Insight
A previous version of the ARRIVE guidelines for the rigorous reporting of animal studies was published in 2010 by the UK-based science organisation, the NC3Rs. Now, ten years later, new...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Policy
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New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
News
The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Dinosaurs may have evolved from a ‘tiny bug slayer’

July 10, 2020
News
New study suggests a miniaturised origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Life Sciences, Paleobiology
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Monitoring COVID-19 plasma viscosity

July 3, 2020
News
A clinical viscosity diagnostic instrument is proving to be valuable in the research and treatment of coronavirus after laboratory scientists have identified its ability to provide meaningful data for medical...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology
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Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)

July 2, 2020
News
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Particle Physics, Physics
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More gain, less pain with liquid biopsies

June 26, 2020
Feature
Following on from a previous article; Liquid Gold, published on 21 January 2019, Dermot Martin revisits the topic of liquid biopsies in the post pandemic era in the light of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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First volunteer receives new Imperial COVID-19 vaccine

June 26, 2020
News
The first healthy volunteer has received a new coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers led by Professor Robin Shattock at Imperial College London. The phase I trials were funded by UKRI...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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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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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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Honey, I shrunk the cell culture

June 24, 2020
News
From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on screen. Now chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a real shrink ray...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Cytology, Immunology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical
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