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Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs. A deeper understanding of the chemistry could enable us to make pharmaceuticals and so many other useful products much faster.

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A recent study has revealed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing long COVID. While vaccines have proved effective to prevent severe COVID-19, their impact to prevent long-term symptoms have not yet been fully understood. But a research team at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) has found that vaccination against COVID-19 consistently reduced the risk of long COVID symptoms.

By exploiting the technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, a team led by UCL, King's College London and Moderna scientists has created an effective therapy for a rare disease, in a study in mice, demonstrating the technology's potential therapeutic use in people. The research, published in Science Translational Medicine , found that messenger RNA (mRNA) could be used to correct a rare liver genetic disease known as argininosuccinic aciduria in a mouse model of the disease.

Epidemiological study shows significant numbers of asthma patients not receiving standard level of care, and worse for black patients Asthma patients who ended up in hospital only had a GP appointment within recommended 48-hour period in 18% of cases between 2017-19, new research shows. New data published in the British Journal of General Practice looked at electronic healthcare records from more than 17,000 patients over the age of five.