Research

mRNA technology discovery and development company, eTheRNA immunotherapies has announced it has relocated its R&D group to a larger site in Belgium.   The company has moved its R&D facility to the Zwijnaarde Science Park in Gent, Belgium, which features a cluster of biotech companies and includes laboratories and allied services. The move has been made […]

New results from an observational data analysis of asthma inhaler therapy found that short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) reliever overuse is a global issue adversely impacting asthma outcomes.1,2   Data from across the SABA Use IN Asthma (SABINA) global programme have been published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (JACI: In Practice) and the […]

Bachem, a Swiss technology company active in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceuticals, as well as the development and production of peptides and oligonucleotides, analyses the findings from scientific research about the relationship between ACE2 and SARS-CoV-2.   Covid-19 has impacted almost everyone’s lives, whether through personal experience of infection or the impacts of other […]

New research from the International Longevity Centre (ILC) in London, UK, finds that social media advertising can be a cost-effective way of engaging older people in deprived communities with vaccination.  The approach  In the past, researchers found that older people are less likely to use social media than younger generations. As evidence suggests that younger […]

More than half of all scientific research is irreproducible, and more than 80% of scientific research data is being lost within 20 years. In the biomedical field alone, irreproducible research costs the industry £28 billion (US$38 billion) every year. Megan Thomas talks to Founder of Labstep Jake Schofield, about this issue.  MT: Huge amounts of scientific data […]

Researchers from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Baylor College of Medicine and DNAnexus, together with other members of the Genome in a Bottle (GIAB) consortium, have announced the publication of a comprehensive benchmark dataset comprising 273 challenging medically-relevant autosomal genes that are associated with the development of diseases such as homocystinuria and spinal […]

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Hamburg have engineered bacteria with internal nutrient reserves that can be accessed when needed to survive extreme environmental conditions. The findings pave the way for more robust biotechnologies based on engineered microbes.  The challenge  Dr Thomas Gorochowski, joint senior author and a Royal Society University Research Fellow in […]

New research led by scientists from the UK’s University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has profiled the side effects of methotrexate – a common drug used to treat arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.   The findings  The authors hope their findings – published in the journal Rheumatology – will ease the concerns of patients […]

The Bloomsbury SET – a knowledge exchange programme led by the UK’s Royal Veterinary College (RVC) – has announced a Commercialisation Pilot of 12 new grants for projects which will develop tools to better fight infectious disease or antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Supported by more than £1 million of funding, these projects will bring together researchers and businesses to deliver new vaccines, diagnostics and […]

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a way to block Listeria from making the proteins that allow bacteria to survive and multiply in immune cells, which can cause severe illness in pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. The study has been published in the journal PLOS Pathogens.  The research   UQ Diamantina Institute’s Professor Antje […]