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Agents of change
Added: 9 Oct 2023
We have previously focused on the importance of diagnostic collaboration in combating TB. This time…
The root of it
Added: 2 Oct 2023
Seaweed is an intrinsic part of our existence on this planet and it could just be the very thing th…
Informed consent: Maximising compliance and minimising risk
Added: 12 Sep 2023
While the principle of participant consent is better appreciated in clinical research today than in…
Innovation in digital imaging is essential for the modern lab
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Technological advances mean switching from microscopes to digital alternatives can be achieved with…
Look beyond the Horizon
Added: 3 Aug 2023
While many scientists are keen to see the UK back in the Horizon Europe programme, Professor Brian …
Accelerating cancer research with automation
Added: 30 Jul 2023
Chemotherapies that rely on replication-associated DNA damage can affect healthy cells as well as c…
New tools for an old enemy
Added: 30 Jul 2023
It’s 30 years since the World Health Organisation identified the resurgence of tuberculosis as a gl…
Stopping the rot
Added: 23 Jul 2023
The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supp…
Lab Babble: Today’s fact, tomorrow’s retract
Added: 10 Jul 2023
You can withdraw a discredited paper, but the long tail of citations lingers on and on, cautions Ru…
Sponsored Feature: Global leader LTE Scientific celebrates 75 years of excellence
Added: 7 Jul 2023
LTE Scientific, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of laboratory, scientific an…
Sponsored Feature: Culturing Innovation with Don Whitley Scientific
Added: 6 Jul 2023
‘Culturing innovation’ is the message being shared by Don Whitley Scientific (DWS), a company proud…
Time to get VOCal
Added: 3 Jul 2023
We rightly pay attention to CO₂ and methane, says Chang Foo, but more consideration is needed of th…
Embrace the new
Added: 26 Jun 2023
Its name harks back to a bygone era, but the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is at the …
Game Theory: Doctor Livingston Jr jigsaws
Added: 5 Jun 2023
They’ve seen many science games, but Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner can’t hide their enthusia…
Leading ex-sample
Added: 22 May 2023
Liverpool University spin-out ReNewVax’s goal of creating the first universal pneumococcus vaccine …
Synthetic affinity reagents: new possibilities for diagnostics
Added: 24 Apr 2023
Fast and effective diagnostic testing is key to disease management but a challenge for antibody-bas…
Collaboration on life sciences – do we need the UK?
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Undoubtedly, yes, says Jan Wauters. The benefits to Britain and Europe are too great, he argues, an…
Game Theory: Genotype
Added: 20 Mar 2023
Based on Mendelian genetics, Genotype is absorbing and challenging, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr I…
Light shined like a neon show
Added: 12 Mar 2023
Good quality visuals help convey information in research papers. Contrary to what many scientists s…
A coordinated advance
Added: 20 Feb 2023
Deep virology knowledge, urgency and partnership form the crucible for rapid antibody development t…
