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Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank

Added: 18 Aug 2020

Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply net…

Improved cybernetics hardware - human interfacing

Added: 17 Aug 2020

Although true 'cyborgs' -- part human, part robotic beings -- are science fiction, researchers are …

Computational model could help translate drugs from animal studies to human

Added: 5 Aug 2020

About 50% of people who take the drug infliximab for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's d…

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough

Added: 4 Aug 2020

A University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly a…

Advanced Engineering and Lab Innovations: visitors are in safe hands

Added: 31 Jul 2020

The UK Government has recently endorsed the reopening of conferences and exhibitions, releasing a s…

Wales to gain equitable access to advanced therapies

Added: 29 Jul 2020

Advanced Therapies Wales (ATW) programme has been established to harness the benefits from emerging…

UK vaccine capability enjoys a >£100M cash boost

Added: 24 Jul 2020

The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to research and develop a COVID-19 vaccine and …

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Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus

Added: 23 Jul 2020

Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus that causes COVID-19 can only be studied safely under hi…

Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Added: 22 Jul 2020

The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 p…

Manchester expert launches COVID-19 global task force

Added: 17 Jul 2020

A world-leading materials expert from The University of Manchester is helping to launch a new globa…

Machine learning helps grow artificial organs

Added: 17 Jul 2020

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Ivannikov Institute for System Pro…

5G could support telesurgery during COVID-19 pandemic

Added: 14 Jul 2020

A surgeon demonstrated how telesurgery could be successfully performed using robotic technology and…

New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

Added: 14 Jul 2020

The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and …

New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

Added: 13 Jul 2020

Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with t…

Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

Added: 13 Jul 2020

Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the c…

Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)

Added: 2 Jul 2020

Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that us…

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…

Synthetic materials mimic living creatures

Added: 24 Jun 2020

Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living …

Global alliance for collaborative digital health

Added: 10 Jun 2020

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation …

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…