The Academy of Medical Sciences announces new Fellows for 2020
13 May 2020
Six affiliates of the University of Cambridge are among 50 world-leading UK researchers who have been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. The new Fellows have been chosen for their exceptional contributions to advancing biomedical science via world-leading research discoveries, running...
Genetic analysis reveals new causes of Primary Immunodeficiency (PID)
8 May 2020
A UK-wide research collaboration through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) BioResource for Rare Diseases has combined whole genome sequencing (WGS) with a statistical program called BeviMed to predict the existence of disease-causing changes in the DNA of people with Primary Immunodeficiency (PID)...
Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19 a more rapid alternative to a vaccine, say researchers
8 May 2020
Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to offer a more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine, argue an international team of scientists in the British Journal of Pharmacology . Alexander SP, Armstrong J, Davenport AP, Davies J, Faccenda E, Harding SD...
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