13 July 2020 Image: National Cancer Institute Scientists have revealed details of the discovery of a new cancer drug that could be used to treat a range of cancer types, including some blood cancers and solid tumours. The drug, fadraciclib, was jointly discovered by scientists at The Institute… Read More
The Translational Research Institute-based Mater researchers in partnership with The University of Queensland have developed a new cancer vaccine, which has shown promising signs in preclinical laboratory studies. Funded by grants from the Worldwide Cancer Research in the United Kingdom, and Mater Foundation, the new vaccine could be potentially… 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 Elucid’s Pill Connect dispensing system provides CROs and pharma the ability to show adherence across the whole trial, by country, by site even down to the individual patient number in real time. The dashboard is automatically created by the dispensing of the pill/tablet through the… 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
The first patient has been treated in Abivax’s Phase IIa/III study of ABX464 in COVID-19 patients at the University Hospital Centre in Nice, France. The randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled miR-AGE study investigates the effect of early treatment (at point of diagnosis) in 1,034 COVID-19 elderly or high-risk patients. The… Read More
Clinician scientists at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland, have begun a clinical trial of a promising therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care. In a paper published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the team, led by RCSI Professors… Read More
Image: CDC A group of Lithuanian and Kurdish scientists have raised a hypothesis that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine could protect children from COVID-19. The hypothesis is based on the discovered sequence similarity of the 30 amino acid residues between glycoproteins of SARS-CoV-2, measles and rubella… Read More
30 June 2020 Image: Glen Carrie In lab tests, virus-like DNA structures coated with viral proteins provoke a strong immune response in human B cells, by Ann Trafton, MIT News Office By folding DNA into a virus-like structure, MIT researchers have designed HIV-like particles that provoke a strong immune… Read More
29 June 2020 Image: Clay Banks Evotec, Samsara BioCapital, KCK have launched Autobahn Labs, a novel virtual incubator partnering with top academic and research institutions to catalyse early-stage drug discovery and development. Autobahn Labs also announced a first-in-kind strategic collaboration with UCLA Technology Development Group to identify and… Read More
29 June 2020 Image: Mark Fletcher-Brown The AMR Centre has combined forces to attract investment to combat the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) resulting in a successful bid for a £114 million project supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) The funding was secured by a North… Read More
26 June 2020 Image: Conor Samuel A Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine-led consortium has received an £18.6 million grant from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) to deliver a major project to tackle infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The funding award recognises Liverpool City… Read More
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting millions around the globe, researchers are racing to develop a vaccine or drug treatment. In an effort to better understand the cellular responses to COVID-19, the digital biology company Recursion has publicly released the world’s largest imaging dataset portraying therapeutic compound effects from over 1,600 approved… Read More
25 June 2020 Dotmatics has agreed to acquire BioBright, an expert in automating the flow of data from laboratory instruments to a secure cloud. BioBright’s solutions enable scientists to automate the collection of data from in-house and externally networked sources, and then standardise and analyse crucial experimental data… Read More
24 June 2020 Image: Sincerely Media Applied Photophysics (APP) and Fluorescence Innovations (FI) have entered into a joint venture agreement to develop and produce protein stability systems for leading researchers and industries around the globe. The two firms said they will be equal partners in the new initiative. Read More
