Michael Greenwood

Feature Writer

B.Sc. Chemistry, M.Sc. Drug Design and Discovery

Michael graduated from the University of Salford with a PhD in Biochemistry in 2023, and has keen research interests towards nanotechnology and its application to biological systems. Michael has written on a wide range of science communication and news topics within the life sciences and related fields since 2019, and engages extensively with current developments in journal publications.

Articles from Michael

Exploiting CRISPR systems for the fast detection of SARS-CoV-2

A paper published on medRxiv describes a repurposed type III CRISPR-Cas system that can detect the virus from nasopharyngeal swabs in less than an hour.

26 Oct 2020

Computational study of the structure and dynamics of glycosylated SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to enter cells by interaction with ACE2, which is found on the surface of cells in the lungs and throughout the body.

21 Oct 2020

SARS-CoV-2 may induce long-term autoimmune disorder due to self-glycan antibody production

A new study indicated that many of the unusual symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be due to induced autoimmune responses.

20 Oct 2020

Life Science Applications of Chromatography

Chromatography is used to separate mixtures of compounds and is essential to many sectors of the life science industry.

14 Feb 2020

How does Fingerprint Drug Testing work?

Fingerprint drug tests analyze the sweat left behind in the grooves of a person’s fingerprint to determine whether that person has consumed various drugs.

14 Feb 2020

GC-FID Analysis of CBD and THC

GC-FID has recently been used to identify and quantify the concentrations of CBD and THC in cannabis products.

14 Feb 2020

Is Machine Learning the Future of Bioinformatics?

Machine learning is currently employed in genomic sequencing, the determination of protein structure, microarray examination and phylogenetics.

14 Feb 2020

Carbon Nanotubes and Drug Delivery

Carbon nanotubes are promising drug delivery platforms that can be functionalized with a variety of biomolecules, such as antibodies, proteins, or DNA.

14 Feb 2020

What is Genetics?

Genetics is the study of heredity. This article investigates the definition behind genetics as well as how varying genes can give rise to different traits.

14 Feb 2020