The UK is set to launch the world’s first study that will deliberately infect young adults with Sars-CoV-2. The human challenge model will be used to investigate potential treatments and vaccines for Sars-CoV-2 – provided the study is given the go ahead by an ethics panel. The human challenge studyContinue Reading
The insecticide is used to control pests that spread life-threatening diseases like malaria A few minutes in the microwave made a common insecticide about 10 times more lethal to mosquitoes in lab experiments. The toxin deltamethrin is used around the world in home sprays and bed nets to curb theContinue Reading
World renowned molecular biology institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in New York is opening its first stand-alone chemistry lab. The new chemistry group will be led by organic chemist John Moses, who joined CSHL as its first chemistry professor in September. His research interests include click chemistry, anti-cancer drugContinue Reading
The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability promises the biggest reform since Reach The European commission adopted the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14 October. This ambitious programme has been touted as the biggest reform of chemical regulations since Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals). The strategy forms partContinue Reading
New compounds with potentially harmful effects on the lungs can form from the mixture of flavours and solvents – even at room temperature Studies on the chemical composition of e-cigarette liquids are raising concern that regulation is lagging behind the data. The Yale Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science is aContinue Reading
US researchers develop a two-step test for the novel coronavirus that doesn’t requires the use of scarce reagents A shortage of key chemicals needed for tests to diagnose Covid-19 has hampered screening efforts, but now researchers in the US have developed a new test that doesn’t rely on these scarceContinue Reading