What is cell culture, and how has it evolved?
It’s 1907, and Ross G. Harrison has just developed a method of cultivating animal tissues outside of the body by removing fragments of frog embryo and growing them on a drop of clotted frog’s lymph. It’s 2024, and we’re growing brain organoids – tiny, lab-grown models...
Virology Research Services Ltd: Trademarking Our Identity
Branding a virology-focused contract research organization isn’t easy, especially since we started as a team of two scientists with zero branding or design experience. Our branding journey began back in 2017 with the original VRS concept. We wanted a company...
The most important virus hardly anybody talks about
Quick quiz. Name a virus that causes millions of lung and respiratory tract infections globally – but isn’t flu, SARS-CoV-2, or the common cold. Clue: We have no vaccine or antiviral available. Introducing human metapneumovirus (HMPV), probably the...
Nature’s Solutions: Tamiflu
What links Pho – the delicious Vietnamese noodle soup – and a billion-dollar blockbuster drug? You may well recognise the sweet, liquorice-like flavour in your Pho noodle soup as coming from the star anise spice. But rewind to 2005, and your aromatic broth...Page 2 of 29