UK biobank boosts COVID-19 sample availability
The UK’s leading supplier of human tissue samples is joining forces with a Cambridge Biobank to provide COVID-19 samples for scientists. The only UK-owned virtual...
Infection/Disease
The Infection/Disease section delves into a range of viral and bacterial infections. It highlights topics like the link between oral health and overall well-being, the significance of handwashing in preventing infections, and novel research into diseases such as sarcoidosis and atopic dermatitis. The section also explores groundbreaking solutions like the use of AI and “superhero bugs” for combating infections, underscoring the importance of innovative approaches in understanding and managing infectious diseases and their broader health impacts.
Covid-19: TAPb accelerates clinical trials by providing patient samples
Tissue Access for Patient Benefit (TAPb) is a UCL and Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust initiative, based in the UCL Division of Surgery. For over...
Genetic defect could protect pangolins against coronavirus disease
While pangolins can be carriers of coronavirus, they appear able to tolerate it through some other unknown mechanism. The exotic animals lack two sensors that...
Covid-19: Targeting brain may help lung injury
New research published today in The Journal of Physiology suggests that lung injury is not limited to the lungs. Targeting the part of the brain...
Covid-19: Stroke clot buster drugs
Stroke clot buster drugs could be harnessed to tackle COVID-19. A drug commonly used to treat patients suffering from strokes could be repurposed to treat...
Why are antibody tests so unreliable?
A reliable antibody test, showing that someone has already been exposed to Covid 19 and has developed antibodies which suggest immunity, could be a ‘game...
Expanding our ability to test, test, test
At the moment, people who are suspected of having Covid 19 undergo a swab PCR test which looks for genetic particles of the virus in...
Scientists closer to treatment for myotonic dystrophy
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have taken a step closer towards developing a treatment for the long-term genetic disorder, myotonic dystrophy. In a paper...
How lockdown impacts those with bone, joint and muscle pain
How does lockdown impact those people with bone, joint and muscle pain? University of East Anglia researchers are launching a new study to see how...
Nanoparticles effective in treatment of severe inflammatory processes
Researchers from the Galien Institute at Paris-Saclay University/ CNRS have developed nanoparticles that are effective in the treatment of severe inflammatory processes which can be...
