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UK offers genomics expertise to identify new SARS-CoV-2 variants

29 January 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

The UK Government has said genomics expertise will be offered to countries around the world to identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2.

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Recovered COVID-19 patients may be protected, but they could still transmit the virus

15 January 2021 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

According to a Public Health England study, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection provides 83 percent protection against reinfection but may not stop individuals spreading COVID-19.

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New screening hub to identify COVID-19 drugs funded in Scotland

8 January 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

LifeArc and the Medical Research Council have funded a new drug screening facility that will be established to accelerate COVID-19 drug discovery.

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£4 million in funding announced to collect data on COVID-19 antibodies

19 November 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

UKRI will provide £4 million in funding to establish a data infrastructure for scientists in the UK to study antibodies from COVID-19 patient samples.

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UK government to invest £8.4 million into COVID-19 immunology research

1 September 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

The UK government will invest £8.4 million in COVID-19 research projects to reveal more information that can be used to develop therapies and vaccines against the disease.

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Why are women underrepresented in COVID-19 research authorship?

17 June 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

An analysis of papers relating to COVID-19 has found that female researchers make up a third of authors. Here, the potential reasons behind this figure are explored and a possible solution to encourage equality.

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Blueprint for adapting US labs for COVID-19 diagnostic testing

13 May 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Researchers in Boston have repurposed their lab into a centre to test samples for COVID-19, releasing a blueprint of how to do so for other labs in the US.

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Research focus should remain on high quality studies during COVID-19 pandemic, say scientists

24 April 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Exceptions to high quality research should not be made simply because of the COVID-19 pandemic, argue scientists in a new commentary.

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UK organisations call for investigation of ethnicity and COVID-19 incidence and outcome

24 April 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

The UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) wish to fund research exploring if people from black, Asian and middle eastern backgrounds are disproportionately at risk from COVID-19.

scientists in personal protective equipment looking at samples labelled COVID-19 under a microscope

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Fundamental molecular research underpins our ability to combat COVD-19, says article

23 April 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

Ali Shilatifard’s article explains how investment in institutes performing molecular research is essential, as it is the foundation for all attempts to combat COVID-19 and other future pandemics.

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£280 million donated for COVID-19 research in three months

21 April 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A study has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a high level of research donations, making the condition the third most funded disease on average by year.

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UK government funds 21 new research projects into COVID-19

20 April 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A total of 21 COVID-19 research projects have been granted funding by the UK government, including vaccine and therapeutic development.

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COVID-19 update: funding for treatments and vaccines

1 April 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Drug Target Review rounds up the latest announcements regarding funding for research into COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.

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Free access to AI Clinical Research Navigator tool for COVID-19 researchers

1 April 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the creators of the Clinical Research Navigator (CRN) tool have offered free access to their system for biomedical researchers.

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Remdesivir most promising COVID-19 drug, say researchers

27 March 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

A review of potential COVID-19 therapeutics revealed that the most effective are likely to be those directly targeting SARS-CoV-2, such as remdesivir and tilarone.

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