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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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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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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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Why all newborns should receive BCG vaccine

May 6, 2020
News
An international research team has identified the mechanism behind one of science's most enduring mysteries: what makes the 100-year-old tuberculosis (TB) vaccine so effective at preventing newborn deaths from diseases...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations

May 5, 2020
News
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a cyber security warning to healthcare organisations involved in the COVID-19 response. Following publication of the lasted joint advisory, the NCSC and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Confirmed: SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated

May 5, 2020
News
Analysis work from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research provides evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has not mutated into different types.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Controlled spherical crystallography for targeted drug delivery

May 3, 2020
News
Results from a research collaboration between researchers at Drexel’s College of Engineering and the Chemistry Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville demonstrate how to control the formation of structures...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Real-time observation of enzymatic processes on DNA

May 3, 2020
News
Scientists at the University of Konstanz have used infrared spectroscopy to visualise the biochemical processes that take place at DNA strand breaks involving PARP1. These observations could provide important insight...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical
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Novel potential Covid-19 treatments discovered

April 29, 2020
News
A UK-based biotechnology firm has announced the discovery of two separate novel treatments for Covid-19 patients before they are put on ventilators. They are now urgently seeking funding of £4m...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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Going (anti)viral

April 27, 2020
Feature
Dermot Martin catches us up with the rapid reaction of the biopharma community to meet the Covid-19 antiviral quest
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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