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WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences WHO issued the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences Framework calls on leaders and other stakeholders to mitigate biorisks and safely govern dual-use research, which has a clear benefit but can be misused to harm humans, other animals, agriculture and the environment. This is the…

COVID infections in UK fall to lowest level since October 2021 The ONS stated that fewer than a million people had the virus in the last week of August, approximately one in 70 The represents a massive fall from mid-July, when one in 15 people had COVID This comes at a time when the booster jab rollout has begun –…

Breakthrough as genetic sequencing predicts severity of COVID variants Drexel University researchers have pioneered a new computer model which can aid health services in identifying new strains of the disease with the help of machine learning The new model analyses the genetic sequencing from the virus’s spike protein The machine learning algorithm can then compare this with patient data –…

Novel blood test measures pulmonary arterial hypertension severity The test developed by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, measures DNA fragments released by damaged cells Patients with the disease usually present with high levels of fragments in their blood, with higher levels correlating with disease severity Knowing the fragment levels in patients’ blood allows doctors to tackle the disease faster…