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A protein that helps to fight viruses can also block lung damage repair worldpharmanews
June 17, 2020
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that a protein which is initially helpful in the body's immune response to a virus, can later interfere with the repair of lung tissue.
Francis Crick Institute and collaborators to offer COVID-19 testing for key workers europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 06, 2020
The institute has paused cancer research and repurposed its laboratories and scientists to provide a rapid COVID-19 testing facility for NHS staff and other key workers.
Researchers warn of impact of no-deal Brexit on UK science pharmaceutical-technology
October 24, 2018
UK biomedical research lab Francis Crick Institute has warned that a hard or ‘no-deal’ Brexit could negatively impact the science and research across the country.
Making stem cells from fibroblasts combats genetic infertility in mice fiercebiotech
August 18, 2017
While the Crick scientists' method deletes an extra chromosome and leads to the production of mature sperm, it caused tumors to form in some mice, a problem they will have to solve before the treatment can be viable in humans.