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How to fast without having to fast

May 27, 2020
News
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the University of Warwick have found how cells respond to fasting and activate the process...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Health, Medical/Health
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DIY reagents for COVID-19 testing

May 19, 2020
News
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Return to work safely: Managing transmission in transport hubs

May 17, 2020
News
Aerosol specialists – ANCON Medical – discuss innovation that could detect COVID-19 in high traffic environments such as transport hubs to enable improved management to prevent transmission and slow the...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Medical/Health
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Return to work safely: Environmental surface swabbing

May 17, 2020
News
In light of the UK government’s request for employers to enable staff to safely return to work where possible, the imperative for employers to implement upgraded health and safety monitoring...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Policy
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Re-purposing familiar drugs to defend against COVID 19

May 14, 2020
Feature
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Rothamsted turn to harvesting coronavirus data

May 12, 2020
News
A group of researchers based at Rothamsted Research, one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, has responded to a request from the White House, Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart

May 11, 2020
News
A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the COVID-19 virus attacks the heart with such deadly impact. The collaboration aims to quantify...
Life Sciences
Biology, Biophysics, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Why men are more vulnerable to Covid-19 than women

May 11, 2020
News
Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women. Since ACE2 enables the coronavirus...
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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What’s your poison?

May 10, 2020
Feature
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.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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Virtual conference on low-carbon lifestyle changes

May 6, 2020
News
More than 500 researchers from all around the world will gather virtually tomorrow Wednesday May 6 at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Policy
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