All Medical/Health
Re-purposing familiar drugs to defend against COVID 19
Sarah Lawton | Added: 15 May 2020
By Dermot Martin
Drugs with a successful track record against rare diseases occasionally show posi…
Rothamsted turn to harvesting coronavirus data
Sarah Lawton | Added: 13 May 2020
A group of researchers based at Rothamsted Research, one of the oldest agricultural research instit…
AI to map impact of COVID-19 on the heart
Added: 12 May 2020
A joint UK-US research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence system to map how the …
Why men are more vulnerable to Covid-19 than women
Added: 12 May 2020
Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations …
What’s your poison?
Sarah Lawton | Added: 11 May 2020
Why are so many drugs derived from natural sources on the market to treat human disease? Venom-mast…
Virtual conference on low-carbon lifestyle changes
Added: 7 May 2020
More than 500 researchers from all around the world will gather virtually tomorrow Wednesday May 6 …
Why all newborns should receive BCG vaccine
Added: 7 May 2020
An international research team has identified the mechanism behind one of science's most enduring m…
Cyber warning issued for key healthcare organisations
Added: 6 May 2020
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a cyber security warning to healthcare organis…
Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed
Added: 6 May 2020
The Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Resea…
Confirmed: SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated
Added: 6 May 2020
Analysis work from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research provides evidence that S…
A counterintuitive approach to treating Covid-19
Added: 4 May 2020
A new USC study suggests that temporarily suppressing the body's immune system during the early sta…
A question of reagents
Sarah Lawton | Added: 1 May 2020
At the time of writing, more than 1.3M people have been infected and more than 72,600 deaths have b…
Predicting heart disease with AI
Added: 30 Apr 2020
A revolutionary new medical device that can predict coronary artery disease – the number one cause …
Certified 3D printed face shields for NHS
Added: 30 Apr 2020
Engineers at the University of Nottingham have designed a PPE face shield with CE approval that the…
BIA #TestingMethods2020 Update
Added: 28 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine trials start in the UK, testing scales up and knowledge economy support package va…
Good science communication is vital
Added: 28 Apr 2020
There is no more important time to get science communication right than during a pandemic. But, say…
Targeted prevention of preterm labour
Added: 27 Apr 2020
A new approach that targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labour and birth has b…
New collaboration to drive understanding of COVID-19
Added: 27 Apr 2020
A new collaboration between Medicines Discovery Catapult, Retrogenix and Peak Proteins will work to…
One step closer to targeted cancer suppression
Added: 24 Apr 2020
A multi-national team from at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Centre and Case Comprehensive…
Going round in circles
Added: 9 Apr 2020
Single use plastics are a staple in the lab – but they are also are part of the plastics pollution …
