All Immunology

A Million to One: Bridging the biomarker chasm from discovery to the clinic
Added: 21 Dec 2021
With so much research being published on biomarkers, yet so few companion diagnostic devices being …

Shaking up the lab of the future
Added: 15 Dec 2021
From testing and drug discovery to vaccine rollout, collaboration and open innovation have been vit…

Catherine Noakes and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)
Added: 14 Dec 2021
As part of a collaborative group of six British expert scientists, Catherine Noakes will join Jonat…

Sharon Peacock and the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK)
Added: 14 Dec 2021
As part of our 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lecture coverage, we ask Sharon Peacock how discov…

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever
Added: 14 Dec 2021
In the 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van-Tam will be joined by expert Britis…

AI and healthcare: future opportunities and challenges
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Reflecting on six decades of progress, Steven Wolfe looks at the application of artificial intellig…

Monitoring: The key to vaccine production and distribution safety
Added: 2 Dec 2021
Manufacturing of any vaccine is a complex process that requires consistent monitoring to ensure eff…

The future’s bright, the future’s artificial
Added: 25 Nov 2021
As clinical and adjacent staff face overwhelming demands, Cari-Anne Quinn looks at the benefits of …

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …

Olympus Image of the Year Award 2021
Added: 4 Nov 2021
Olympus has just launched its third Image of the Year contest and is accepting entries. Each year, …

Potential new treatment for COVID-19 identified
Added: 1 Nov 2021
Researchers have identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2…

Manufacture your own DNA... the easy way
Added: 26 Oct 2021
In this over-burdened global market, many laboratories may be struggling to access a reliable suppl…

Four challenges to overcome for AI to thrive in medical imaging
Added: 20 Oct 2021
With increased digitisation in medical clinics, comes increased reliance on AI-enabled tools to mor…

At last digital transformation is embraced by the healthcare industry
Added: 18 Oct 2021
The future of healthcare that we envision in 2040 will be a world apart from the current status quo…

Trans-disciplinary approaches reveal important disease transmission dynamics
Added: 4 Oct 2021
New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species disease transmission…

New potential factor contributing to severity of COVID-19 identified
Added: 27 Sep 2021
Researchers have found that the so-called 'do not eat me', virus-induced signal protein, CD47, may …

European Parliament votes in favour of EU plan to replace animal experiments with cutting-edge science
Added: 20 Sep 2021
The European Parliament has embraced an historic opportunity to take animal suffering out of the eq…

Understanding SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins in vaccines
Added: 13 Sep 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 virus uses complex glycan sugars to hide from the immune system. Tasked with product…

Microbial therapeutics: the new substitute for antibiotics
Added: 10 Sep 2021
Currently expanding at a staggering rate, the global microbial therapeutic products market is expec…

NHS takes steps to minimise impact of blood tube shortage
Added: 9 Sep 2021
The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has delivered a clarification statement regarding the sh…