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Sophia Genetics launches AI tool to find COVID-19 ‘unknowns’

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Swiss medical data specialist Sophia Genetics has launched a platform that will sift through data generated at more than 1,000 hospitals around the world to try to work out how the COVID-19 pandemic will evolve in the coming months and years. The evolution of the disease must be predicted in order to create containment measures,” he added. “We

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How patient-on-a-chip tech could be the future of drug discovery

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There are existing alternatives, with one being human cell culture systems, which provide an environment that is closer to that which will eventually receive treatment but do not contain the complexity of a complete organism. Organ-on-a-chip.

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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The vaccine may be a latecomer to the COVID-19 vaccine arsenal, but its approval signals the potential of DNA vaccines and is a boost to companies working in this space. The company also says that it can update the vaccine very easily to deal with mutations in the virus.

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Understanding the microbiome as an ‘overlooked critical organ’

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The microbiome, as a term, can be related to the nasal, oral, skin, gastro-intestinal, and urogenital regions of the human body, each containing varied microbial communities that have an impact on health. The possibilities.

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Top Life Science News and Trends in 2023 at Xtalks

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Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 weight loss-specific drug Wegovy (semaglutide) has been facing similar shortages, as it contains the same active ingredient as Ozempic. Check out this article to learn about the biotech companies that went public this year.

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A history of AstraZeneca

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But although it was dubbed a “dangerous game”, some companies came out on top… On 6th April 1999, two companies with similar science-based cultures and a shared vision of the pharmaceutical industry came together to form what’s now considered as one of the top ten pharma companies in the world: AstraZeneca.

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Global drug discovery hotspots: Glasgow, UK

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The university contains the Medical Research Council (MRC)-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR), as well as CRUSH, part of CVR and established in partnership with LifeArc to address pandemic preparedness. For a growing company like BioAscent, there are huge advantages in being situated within a cluster.

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