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The great vaccine paradox
Added: 3 Aug 2020
by Dermot Martin
What happens if the best defence against a virus develops an image problem? As we…
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…
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…
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…
Going (anti)viral
Added: 28 Apr 2020
Dermot Martin catches us up with the rapid reaction of the biopharma community to meet the Covid-19…
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 …
Law and disorder
Added: 23 Sep 2019
We have been working on Alzheimer’s for a long time… so where are all the therapeutic drugs? Here D…
Defending our last line
Added: 10 Sep 2019
Swift action is vital in the battle against AMR. But as our last lines of defense begin to fall to …
A mysterious relationship
Added: 28 Aug 2019
It is hardly a secret that obesity continues to emerge as a pandemic, but less well known is the bi…
Knowing a lot about very little
Added: 19 Aug 2019
The potential of nanomedicine to tackle many diseases is immense, but we really don’t know much abo…
Living the single life
Added: 27 May 2019
Scientists are increasingly taking advantage of microfluidic technology for single cell application…
The secret microbiome
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 21 May 2019
Auto-immune disease, obesity and even cancer… the microbiome is clearly involved in much of human h…
Making a value judgement
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 7 May 2019
Bioethics has become a global endeavour – and a good thing too says Catherine Joynson. As we push t…
One at a time
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 29 Apr 2019
Watching biological processes one molecule at a time is an incredibly difficult task… but it is get…
Running interference
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 23 Apr 2019
Immuno-Oncology is considered a vital front in the battle against cancer, but will current approach…
An edit for good?
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 9 Apr 2019
Gene editing could allow incredible crop improvements, with the potential to reduce the harmful imp…
Making a human connection
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 25 Mar 2019
As organ-on-a-chip technology advances at pace, the next step is to connect them and understand a n…
The era of monetised DNA?
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 21 Feb 2019
The next generation of genomics platforms will usher in a personalised healthcare revolution, but w…
An affirmation of alternatives
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 11 Feb 2019
As concern over the reliability of commercially available antibodies continues to grow, we ask: whe…
Applications that make the cut
qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 1 Feb 2019
There’s been a lot of news and hype about CRISPR, but what can it actually do? Dr Bahri Karacay ta…
