COVID-19

The first participants have been dosed in a Phase I trial of AZD7442, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in development for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of AZD7442.1 The trial will include up to 48 healthy participants in the UK aged 18 to […]

Continuing to challenge the current HIV treatment paradigm, data presented will investigate new and innovative treatment options for people living with HIV. ViiV Healthcare will be presenting over 20 abstracts during next week at the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual), being held 6-10 July. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be […]

The UK based AI start-up is offering all researchers free use of Galactic, its cloud-based web tool, to support biomedical research while lab access is restricted around the world. According to Biorelate, the cognitive computing platform behind Galactic can speed up the research process by collecting and curating more than 30 million biomedical research text […]

Start-up iLoF (Intelligent Lab on Fiber), uses artificial intelligence (AI) and biophotonics to detect neurogenerative biomarkers and optimise the clinical trial selection process for diseases such as Alzheimer’s. iLoF also won the EIT Health Wild Card competition in 2019 and has secured $1 million in investment from Microsoft’s Venture Fund, M12 and Mayfield Fund. Following […]

A novel machine learning model developed by researchers at Michigan State University suggests that mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 genome have made the virus more infectious. The model, developed by lead researcher Guowei Wei, professor in the departments of Mathematics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, analysed SARS-CoV-2 genotyping from more than 20,000 viral genome samples. The researchers analysed […]

PerkinElmer has released a series of Explorer workstations for SARS-CoV-2 testing capable of preparing and running up to 10,000 COVID-19 tests per day. These modular and scalable workstations enable laboratories to ramp up SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity quickly to generate results. Currently many laboratories are unable to deliver COVID-19 testing results in a timely manner. Slow […]

AnteoTech has developed proof-of-concept COVID-19 antigen and Flu A&B point-of-care lateral flow tests. These can detect the presence of SARS-Cov-2 and influenza in less than 15 minutes. The tests use AnteoTech’s patented AnteoBind activated europium technology and provide significantly higher sensitivity than that offered by currently available COVID-19 tests. AnteoTech intends for the tests to […]

THE COVID-19 RACE how mouse models will help researchers cross the finish line By Dr Megan MacBride Volume 21 Issue 3 – Summer 2020 The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, have fuelled significant shifts in preclinical research across the globe. Amid the worldwide health emergency created by high infection rates, […]

Chemspec Europe, which was scheduled to take place in Cologne, Germany from 11 to 12 November 2020 has been postponed. Its new dates are 19 – 20 May 2021. The exhibition will occupy Hall 12.1 at Messe Frankfurt in Germany. This decision was taken after extensive conversations with all exhibitors and partners over recent weeks […]

A study early in the global coronavirus pandemic evidenced the benefits of using steroids to combat COVID-19 According to researchers at the UK’s University of Huddersfield, a study from early in the global coronavirus pandemic that evidenced the benefits of using steroids to combat COVID-19 in severely ill patients could have saved lives, Dr Hamid Merchant […]