EMA recommends Moderna’s combined mRNA vaccine for protecting older adults against COVID-19 and flu
On Feb. 27, 2026, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it’s recommending marketing authorization for mCombriax, Moderna’s combined…
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Baby boy first child born in the UK after mother transplanted with a womb from deceased donor
On Feb. 24, 2026, Womb Transplant UK announced in an historic breakthrough, that a bouncing baby boy has…
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Statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed in package leaflets
On Feb. 6, 2026, a study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health reported that statins do not…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Medical Device | Oncology | Quantum | Therapeutics
Oxford team engineer quantum-enabled proteins, opening a new frontier in biotechnology
On Jan. 21, 2026, in a world first, a research team led by the University of Oxford’s Department…
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Amgen Acquires Dark Blue Therapeutics for $840 Million
On Jan. 6, 2026, Amgen announced its acquisition of Dark Blue Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company based…
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CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Measles | Vaccine
Harsh Flu Season May Be Driven by New Variant K
On Dec. 16, 2025, researchers from the International Vaccines Access Center (IVAC) reported that as of mid-December, flu,…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Environmental | Forestry | Genomics | Marine Science | Non-Profit Research
Once thought a fantasy, effort to sequence DNA of millions of species gains momentum
On Nov. 4, 2025, six years ago this month, scientists launched a massively ambitious effort to sequence the…
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Biological ‘moonshot’ accelerates efforts to genetically map life on earth
On Sept. 4, 2025, a global collaboration that includes experts at the Wellcome Sanger Institute announced mapping out…
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Penguins tested positive for Avian Flu on South Georgia
On Mar. 11, 2024, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reported that penguins on the sub-Antarctic Islands of South…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Hutchinson Cancer Center leads large-scale review of COVID-19 clinical trials that highlights multiple disparities
On Dec. 5, 2022, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced that according to a new meta-analysis women were…
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University of Oxford reported brain regions related to smell show decline following mild COVID-19
On Mar. 7, 2022, researchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to…
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University of Oxford researchers created largest ever human family tree
On Feb. 24, 2022, researchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to…
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Novavax confirmed ligh levels of efficacy against original and variant COVID-19 strains in UK and South Africa trials
On Mar. 11, 2021, Novavax announced final efficacy of 96.4% against mild, moderate and severe disease caused by…
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Johnson & Johnson announced single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate received positive CHMP opinion
On Mar. 11, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)…
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New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
On Mar. 4, 2021, researchers at the University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that three new,…
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CureVac and UK Government announced collaboration on development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Feb. 5, 2021, CureVac announced that it had entered a collaboration with the UK Government to develop…
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Oxford University vaccine effective against major B117 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK
On Feb. 5, 2021, Oxford University announced that a preprint of ongoing work to assess effectiveness of Oxford’s…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
The UK announced sequencing 100,000 whole genomes in the National Health Service
On Dec. 5, 2018, Genomics England announced the 100,000 Genomes Project, done in partnership with National Health Service…
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First patient diagnosed through the 100,000 Genomes Project in the United Kingdom
On Mar. 11, 2015, the National Health Service (NHS) announced that Patients in the NHS had begun receiving…
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DNA used to resolve murders in the UK – World first
On Jan. 23, 1988, Colin Pitchfork was convicted of murdering two girls in 1983 and 1986 in Narborough,…
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Medical College of South Carolina researchers published article that linked brown lung disease (asbestosis) with cancer
In May 1935, Kenneth Lynch and William Atmar Smith from the Medical College of South Carolina published an…
