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A new test which could detect whether people who have had COVID-19 are still infectious is under development, thanks to funding from Animal Free Research UK. The charity has donated £52,000 to Professor Lorna Harries at the University of Exeter, who is developing a test that will aim to detect how much active virus an
- Category: COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation and the world, the role that geroscience may play in boosting immunity in older adults and lessening the severity of age-related diseases holds promise.
Professor Arne Akbar from University College London will address the vulnerability of the elderly to COVID-19 in a webinar organised by the British Society of Immunology. In the webinar he will discuss the immune changes that occur during ageing, resulting in the severe effect COVID-19 has in older individuals. He will discuss current hypotheses based on
- Category: Policy
Lynne Cox, Trustee of the BSRA, has been acting as scientific advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity, and has now authored a key paper in the APPG major report ‘The Health of the Nation – a Strategy for Healthier Longer Lives’ (https://appg-longevity.org/events-publications – key paper I pp 72-80). This was report was launched on 12th
- Category: Policy
The UK government recognises the importance that ageing has on society, setting an ambitious target for the coming years – the aim is to increase the time we spend healthy as we get old by at least five years by 2035. This is a great but very ambitious goal – so how do we achieve
- Category: Events
Drug discovery meeting for early career researchers in London on 10th June, with keynotes by academics Prof Dame Kay Davies and Prof Duncan Richards as well as biotech entrepreneur Dr Darren Disley. The meeting organisers welcome abstracts from DPhil students and post-docs, and others who are in early stages of their careers, and have a