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CRISPR-based test could provide rapid, low-cost testing to help control COVID-19 spread

Imagine swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device, and getting a read-out on your phone in 15 to 30 minutes that tells you if you are infected with the COVID-19 virus.

5 Dec 2020

Wyss Institute’s eRapid technology licensed to The iQ Group Global

Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced that its eRapid technology has been licensed to The iQ Group Global for COVID-19 diagnostic applications.

30 Nov 2020

World’s largest proteomics centre accelerates biomarker discoveries to improve people’s lives

Opened in 2016, Manchester’s Stoller Biomarker Discovery Centre (SBDC) is a globally renowned, multi-million-pound precision medicine research facility.

From Stoller Biomarker Discovery Centre 30 Nov 2020

Computational model can help predict cellular drug targets against COVID-19

A computational model of a human lung cell has been used to understand how SARS-CoV-2 draws on human host cell metabolism to reproduce by researchers at the University of Warwick.

25 Nov 2020

Researchers are working on new project to develop brain implant for blind people

Implanting a device into the brain to generate a rough perception of sight for people with blindness may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas and partner institutions aim to make that vision a reality.

23 Nov 2020

New Thermo Scientific A45 Bath Circulators offer superior performance and reliable results

Life science, research and industrial laboratories undertaking temperature control applications can now minimize the environmental footprint of their operations with a new range of digitally-controlled bath circulators designed to enable significant water and energy savings, while using low global warming potential hydrocarbon refrigerants.

20 Nov 2020

Advion announces appointment of Dr. Kaveh Kahen as new CEO David B. Patteson remains as group Chairman

Advion, Inc. announces that Dr. Kaveh Kahen will immediately become CEO of the Advion group. Dave Patteson, the prior Chairman and CEO of the group will remain as group Chairman.

From Advion 19 Nov 2020

Study demonstrates 24-hour rat liver viability in a normothermic machine perfusion system

In a paper published in TECHNOLOGY, a team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has demonstrated 24-hour rat liver viability in a normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) system.

18 Nov 2020

Start Codon closes venture fund at £15 million to support start-up companies in life sciences, healthcare space

Start Codon, a life science and healthcare business accelerator based in Cambridge, UK, today announced that it has closed Start Codon Fund I LP at £15 million.

From Start Codon Ltd 17 Nov 2020

Start Codon closes venture fund at £15 million to support start-up companies in life sciences, healthcare space

Start Codon, a life science and healthcare business accelerator based in Cambridge, UK, today announced that it has closed Start Codon Fund I LP at £15 million.

17 Nov 2020

A-LabInsider introduces innovative app to boost biotech businesses

A-LabInsider has created an application that lists all academic life science labs in Europe with an intelligence to filter through them to make it easier for small and medium biotech companies to discover labs and do business with them.

16 Nov 2020

Primate model helps detect features of COVID-19 virus

Features of the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19, which could be useful for developing vaccines and treatment strategies, were identified using a nonhuman primate model developed at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB).

16 Nov 2020

Polymeric nanomicelles effectively deliver anti-cancer drugs to glioblastoma

Using practical nano-DDS technology, a polymeric nanomicelle that effectively delivers the potent mitotic inhibitor desacetyl vinblastine hydrazide (DAVBNH) to glioblastoma (GBM) was developed.

12 Nov 2020

TMDU and Fujitsu complete cancer gene network analysis in less than a day

Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited have recently completed, in less than a day, estimation of the network that represents the influence relationship between genes and prediction of their relationship with infiltration and metastasis based on genes highly likely to be involved in cancer development.

12 Nov 2020

Life science News and Research

CRISPR-based test could provide rapid, low-cost testing to help control COVID-19 spread

Wyss Institute’s eRapid technology licensed to The iQ Group Global

World’s largest proteomics centre accelerates biomarker discoveries to improve people’s lives

Computational model can help predict cellular drug targets against COVID-19

Researchers are working on new project to develop brain implant for blind people

New Thermo Scientific A45 Bath Circulators offer superior performance and reliable results

Advion announces appointment of Dr. Kaveh Kahen as new CEO David B. Patteson remains as group Chairman

Study demonstrates 24-hour rat liver viability in a normothermic machine perfusion system

Start Codon closes venture fund at £15 million to support start-up companies in life sciences, healthcare space

Start Codon closes venture fund at £15 million to support start-up companies in life sciences, healthcare space

A-LabInsider introduces innovative app to boost biotech businesses

Primate model helps detect features of COVID-19 virus

Polymeric nanomicelles effectively deliver anti-cancer drugs to glioblastoma

TMDU and Fujitsu complete cancer gene network analysis in less than a day

Fear circuit extends far beyond the amygdala, research shows

HKUST researchers identify new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease

Ziath Supports Local Food Charity

McLean Hospital joins public-private partnership to find cure for schizophrenia

Monoclonal Antibodies: Discovery, Characterization and Challenges

Life science sector is thriving in Northern Ireland

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