What is cell culture, and how has it evolved?

by Virology Research Services | Jul 7, 2024 | VRS Blog

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

by Virology Research Services | Jun 18, 2024 | News

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

by Virology Research Services | May 31, 2024 | VRS Blog

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

by Virology Research Services | Apr 28, 2024 | VRS Blog

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...

What do viruses look like?

by Virology Research Services | Mar 27, 2024 | Virus Methods, VRS Blog

For many years, scientists have grappled with the challenge of identifying and describing those things that are invisible to the naked eye. Conventional microscopes, which rely on light properties to visualize samples, have their limitations. Namely, they cannot...