Scientists in academic centres and companies around the world desperately search for novel therapeutics and vaccines to treat and prevent COVID-19. However, with lockdowns and limited access to laboratories, researchers are being forced to work from home, putting research continuity at risk. To help scientists continue their R&D,… Read More
14 July 2020 Image: Denys Nevozhai Merck has opened its M Lab Collaboration Centre in Shanghai, the largest of the company’s nine centres worldwide. “With the booming pharmaceutical industry in Asia and greater emphasis on novel drug therapies, we see an increase in R&D on leading-edge treatments including… Read More
Antibodies derived from llamas have been shown to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 virus in lab tests, UK researchers have found. The team involves researchers from the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Oxford University, Diamond Light Source and Public Health England. They hope the antibodies – known as nanobodies due to their… Read More
14 July 2020 SCIEX has celebrated its 50th anniversary with a digital product launch. SCIEX virtual product experience introduced products that enable customers to Run Fast, Go Beyond and Power Up. “Half a century ago, SCIEX set out with a mission to develop analytical technologies for aerospace. Today,… Read More
13 July 2020 Image: Campaign Creators Vetter and Rentschler Biopharma are combining their expertise and experience along the biopharmaceutical value chain. With drug development growing increasingly complex and cost-intensive, biopharmaceutical companies are under significant pressure to streamline their products’ path to market. The desired goal of the collaboration… Read More
10 July 2020 Image: Brett Jordan The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next, and has already discovered a new catalyst. It has humanoid dimensions and works in a standard laboratory, using instruments much like a human… Read More
9 July 2020 Image: Colinda Scheele / Oncode Institute Stem cells are central to organ development and renewal. In most organs, stem cells are located in specific regions and, in some cases, can be identified through several intrinsic properties, like molecular markers. They can differentiate into various types… Read More
9 July 2020 Horizon Discovery Group has introduced stably expressing Cas9 and dCas9-VPR cell lines to help accelerate gene knockout and gene activation experiments, respectively. The cell lines are optimised to work alongside Horizon’s Edit-R predesigned synthetic single guide RNA (sgRNA) and CRISPRa guide RNA, offering researchers a… Read More
8 July 2020 Image: Osman Rana NanoImaging Services (NIS), has opened a facility in Boston. NIS is expanding with services and locations to support its growing customer base requiring cryoEM for drug discovery and vaccine development applications. “For more than a decade, we’ve applied our scientific leadership and… Read More
Optibrium and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), are celebrating five years of an education support collaboration. As part of this specialist science and technology summer school initiative, Optibrium provides free access to StarDrop, Optibrium’s software for small molecule design, optimisation and data analysis. This… Read More
7 July 2020 Rutherford’s independent network currently consists of four cancer treatment centres in Newport, Reading, Bedlington and Liverpool. It will draw patients from all over the UK offering pharma and CROs access to patients through more than 170 referring oncologists. Each of the Rutherford Cancer Centres has… Read More
6 July 2020 Image: Science in HD Eremid Research Services is the new name for the commercial arm of research organisation, DHMRI. Eremid continues to specialise in the provision of genomics, metabolomics, NMR and vivarium research services, offering expertise in areas including human health, food & nutrition, and AgBiotech. The company offers a… Read More
Researchers have developed a human cell ‘membrane on a chip’ that allows continuous monitoring of how drugs and infectious agents interact with our cells. It may soon be used to test potential drug candidates for COVID-19. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, Cornell University and Stanford University,… Read More
Share Share Tweet Email Could marine alga be a remedy against infections and skin cancer? Could marine alga be a remedy against infections and skin cancer? 6 July 2020 Image: Shane Stagner Marine organisms… Read More
3 July 2020 Image: Japeth Mast My Personal Therapeutics and Pentavere Research Group, have achieved EUREKA Collaborative R&D: AI and Quantum Technologies Competition success for their project Utilisation of AI to develop Personalised Treatment Plans for cancer. Funding totalling £792,000 is co-funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate… Read More
3 July 2020 Image: Ashwin Vaswani In the US Orexo has launched the digital therapies deprexis and vorvida, for the treatment of depression and management of alcohol misuse respectively. Deprexis is available to patients now and vorvida from 15 July. The launch has been boosted by the US Food… Read More
