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Open-Source AI-derived drug discovery data to help combat COVID-19

April 27, 2020
News
Recursion, a digital biology company industrialising drug discovery, released its open-source RxRx19 dataset; the first human cellular morphological dataset of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The human cellular morphological data and over 1,600...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Defending our last line

September 10, 2019
Feature
Swift action is vital in the battle against AMR. But as our last lines of defense begin to fall to a worryingly diverse number of bacterial resistance mechanisms, forget therapeutics,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Ancient yeast leavens bread

August 7, 2019
News
A 4,500-year-old strain of yeast sampled from ancient Egyptian pottery has been used to bake bread.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry
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Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory

August 7, 2019
News
The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemical reactions that ultimately gave rise to the first cells.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Geology, Geophysics, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Oceanography, Organic Chemistry, Volcanology
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UK food safety company partners cannabis producer

August 5, 2019
News
Scottish food safety company R-Biopharm Rhône will supply its test kits to an unnamed Canadian cannabis producer with the aim to help eradicate carcinogenic toxins in cannabis-based products.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Agar Scientific buys London Resin Company

August 2, 2019
News
Laboratory equipment supplier Agar Scientific has acquired London Resin Company for an undisclosed amount.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens

July 24, 2019
News
DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than previously thought, posing a threat to the algae biofuel industry.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Cytology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Parasitology
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Beyond the code

July 22, 2019
Feature
Genomics has been revolutionary – but have we forgotten cell biology in the push for an ever more reductive understanding of health and disease? Professor John S Torday thinks the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Haematology, Health, In Depth, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology
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Electrical pulses identify live bacteria

June 19, 2019
News
A new bioelectrical device that can differentiate dead or alive bacteria within minutes could offer a faster diagnostic tool.
Life Sciences
Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology
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Plague bacterium located in Britain

June 6, 2019
News
The first genetic evidence of the Justinian Plague in the British Isles suggests multiple strains of the same bacteria.
Life Sciences
Biology, Microbiology
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