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Clinical diagnostics company Novacyt has launched a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) monkeypox assay in response to the recent outbreak of the virus non-endemic countries.   The company’s monkeypox assay is for research-use only (RUO) and has been developed in two forms for the detection of the virus genome in both of its West African and Central African […]

None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility in humans, according to a study led by UCL researchers. The analysis of virus genomes from over 46,000 people with COVID-19 from 99 countries is published in Nature Communications. First and corresponding author Dr Lucy van Dorp (UCL Genetics Institute) […]

What a time to be involved in drug discovery. While COVID-19 has of course created unprecedented conditions on a global scale, it has also highlighted the extent to which this sector offers depth of knowledge, skill and innovation. It is a pleasure to learn more about the market – both COVID and non-COVID – and […]