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Fighting E. coli with E. coli

July 7, 2020
According to findings from a new gut-in-a-dish study published in mBio, Nissle, a strain of Escherichia coli, is harmless to intestinal tissue and may protect the gut from enterohemorrhagic E....

First volunteer receives new Imperial COVID-19 vaccine

June 26, 2020
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...

Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025

June 25, 2020
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...

Honey, I shrunk the cell culture

June 24, 2020
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...

First adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine receives EU approval

June 15, 2020
The European Commission has now given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine to become available across Europe. This new vaccine builds on the well-established technology used in...

Webinar: Accepting animal-free bacterial endotoxin testing

June 15, 2020
European, US, Japanese and Chinese pharmacopeia will include a synthetic substitute for horseshoe crab blood in their next revisions, despite some initial concerns from US Pharmacopia experts in May. Lonza...

Global alliance for collaborative digital health

June 10, 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today launched a new series of programs to help organisations collaborate on...

Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule

June 9, 2020
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D printed capsule controlled by magnetic fields thanks to advances made by University of Sussex...

GSK partners CRISPR discoverer to develop rapid COVID-19 test

June 4, 2020
Gene editor turns gene detective: Dermot Martin investigates a successful COVID-19 test development collaboration... A California-based company created to develop CRISPR gene editing technology, is collaborating with the UK's GlaxoSmithKline...

New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery

June 1, 2020
MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long. The flow-based technology could speed up drug development and allow scientists to design...

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