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More gain, less pain with liquid biopsies
Added: 26 Jun 2020
Following on from a previous article; Liquid Gold, published on 21 January 2019, Dermot Martin revi…

First volunteer receives new Imperial COVID-19 vaccine
Added: 26 Jun 2020
The first healthy volunteer has received a new coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers led by …

UK Gov invests £400 million in innovation
Added: 26 Jun 2020
Seven major research and innovation projects across the UK have today (Friday 26 June) received ove…

New antiviral technology supports reusable COVID-19 facemasks
Added: 25 Jun 2020
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and ITA RWTH Aachen, two of the most recognised academic …

Human rights in biomedicine: action plan 2020-2025
Added: 25 Jun 2020
On 24 June 2020, in Strasbourg, the Bioethics Committee launched its new action plan on human right…

Honey, I shrunk the cell culture
Added: 24 Jun 2020
From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on scree…

Synthetic materials mimic living creatures
Added: 24 Jun 2020
Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living …

Higher rates of severe COVID-19 in ethnic minorities remain unexplained
Added: 23 Jun 2020
Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections among ethnic minorities are not explained by socioeconom…

Laboratory News Podcast episode #1
Added: 18 Jun 2020
How do you record one of the most notoriously shy animals on the planet? Accidentally...
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Webinar: Accepting animal-free bacterial endotoxin testing
Added: 15 Jun 2020
European, US, Japanese and Chinese pharmacopeia will include a synthetic substitute for horseshoe c…

First adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine receives EU approval
Added: 15 Jun 2020
The European Commission has now given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent inf…

Survival of coronavirus in different cities, on different surfaces
Added: 11 Jun 2020
One of the many questions researchers have about COVID-19 is how long the coronavirus causing the d…

Widespread facemask use could shrink the 'R' number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevent…

Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions w…

Lawmakers called to protect biomedical science from false claims
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Great Medical Promises Threatened by Booming Miracle Cures and Undue Pressure to Gain Fast-Track Ap…

GSK partners CRISPR discoverer to develop rapid COVID-19 test
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Gene editor turns gene detective: Dermot Martin investigates a successful COVID-19 test development…

Researchers uncover a world of life on the back of a turtle
Added: 4 Jun 2020
Much to the delight of all Hindu’s and fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, researchers have…

New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery
Added: 1 Jun 2020
MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long…

A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19
Added: 29 May 2020
Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, th…

Plastic-eating superworms host biodegrading gut bacteria
Added: 29 May 2020
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in …