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PacBio-Singapore project to create largest SE Asian genome dataset

August 10, 2024
Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme and genomic sequencing leader PacBio have embarked on a project that aims to produce a more diverse reserve of reference genomes.

Bezos fund gives £1.2 million to develop livestock methane vaccine

August 10, 2024
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a UK medical institution a £1,200,000 grant to tackle livestock-methane, responsible for an estimated 14% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Lab Babble: Alphabetti spaghetti

August 6, 2024
The acronymitis virus has reached all corners of science. Russ Swan senses an opportunity…

Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle

August 3, 2024
Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neurological diseases, suggests new research.

Real time tracking could slash millions from bill for lost NHS lab samples

August 2, 2024
Supermarket style product tracking piloted at a Leeds hospital could be used to cut the NHS’s mammoth annual bill for lost lab samples.

Shafted by progress

July 29, 2024
There was little chance of Archimedes losing his screw; things are very different today, reflects Matthew Partridge.

Nuclear arsenal

July 29, 2024
Advances in benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation have brought the benefits of NMR spectroscopy without the associated time and money costs, explains Jürgen Kolz – providing a useful weapon against...

Research reveals misbehaving genes in healthy humans 

July 28, 2024
So-called ‘gene misbehaviour’ within the bodies of healthy human beings is far more widespread than previously supposed, suggests findings from a new study.

Baby camels identified as key factor in animal to human MERS virus transmission 

July 28, 2024
Young camels have been identified as a significant contributor in exposing humans to the potentially deadly MERS-CoV virus.

Past and present in synthesis

July 22, 2024
Our guest speaker for the annual Laboratory News session at CHEMUK was Finlay Morrison. His well-received insight, into the role of archive data transformation in unlocking the potential of AI-driven...

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