February 4, 2022

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new tool to harness immune cells from tumours to fight cancer rapidly and effectively. Using a new technology called microfluidic affinity targeting of infiltrating...

Life Sciences, Materials

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February 4, 2022

In cancer research, it has long been known that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quantities by cancer cells and that this lactic acid disrupts our defence against...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

December 15, 2021

From testing and drug discovery to vaccine rollout, collaboration and open innovation have been vital in accelerating scientific progress over the past year, but Dr Kath Mackay considers how AI...

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December 14, 2021

As part of a collaborative group of six British expert scientists, Catherine Noakes will join Jonathan Van-Tam and his team for the 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures which will be...

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December 14, 2021

As part of our 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lecture coverage, we ask Sharon Peacock how discoveries made by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) team may help change the future...

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December 14, 2021

In the 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van-Tam will be joined by expert British scientists who all played vital roles in the Covid-19 pandemic. Here we ask Catherine Noakes...

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