February 3, 2022

Liquid biopsy is becoming more and more promising for solid tumour research, detection and surveillance. Here, Lab News asks Dr Han Wei what liquid biopsy is, the advantages and challenges...

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Physiology

January 31, 2022

BioIndustry Association expert expresses disappointment in the scope of the conclusions draw by NICE in its review of Health Technology Assessments methods and processes. By sticking so closely to what...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

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January 18, 2022

Don’t settle for approximations, make smart, risk-based economic decisions. Bruno Boulanger explains how the application of Bayesian statistics can assist with decision making when data samples are small but pre-existing...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical

January 17, 2022

Researchers have been studying how the body’s mucus layer encourages the optimal balance of microbes to colonise and flourish. The discovery of strains of bacteria in the gut microbiome that...

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Physiology

January 13, 2022

From one of the UK's leading veterinary diagnostic laboratories specialising in an array of exotic animals, Mary Pinborough discusses the joys and pitfalls of working with exotic animals and how...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Analytical Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Parasitology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology

January 12, 2022

Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, affecting around 57 million people worldwide in 2019. Due to population growth, ageing and lifestyle factors, the number of adults living...

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January 10, 2022

Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis. Olivia Hughes discusses novel multifunctional and biocompatible surfactants needed to create these miniature protective environments in which...

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials

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January 3, 2022

Accounting for pandemic drivers and a general acceptance that a return to pre-pandemic business habits is unnecessary, data experts Jim Reilly and Rik Van Mol predict how the life science...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Paleobiology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology

December 22, 2021

Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wastewater. Dr Han Wei explains how sewer sample surveillance could potentially offer an early warning...

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

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December 21, 2021

With so much research being published on biomarkers, yet so few companion diagnostic devices being cleared by the FDA, Rafael Rosengarten discusses why it is so hard to develop a...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics