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The Francis Crick Institute has repurposed its laboratory facilities to become a COVID-19 testing facility, to help combat the spread of infection and allow key workers to perform lifesaving duties and remain safe.

At the Crick we want to share our passion for science. Our Public Engagement team tell us how they have adapted and found new ways to share our work and support local people during the coronavirus pandemic.

The COVID-19 outbreak requires a concerted research effort - at the Crick researchers are looking at how the virus interacts with our body and how the virus leapt from animals to humans. 

Patients with blood cancers such as leukaemia vary in their immune response to COVID-19 and can struggle to clear infection for very many weeks.

Researchers at the Crick, King’s College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, have found a common immune signature in the blood of patients with COVID-19, which could be used to predict how severely ill a patient will become, aiding patient management. 

Researchers at the Crick and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified 27 protein biomarkers that could be used to predict whether a patient with COVID-19 is likely to become severely ill with the disease.