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Birmingham’s triage seeks way round drug discovery’s ‘valley of death’
Added: 21 Apr 2024
Birmingham university has shared details of its drug development model, designed to overcome one of…
Global forum’s cash challenge to boost cardiovascular funding
Added: 7 Apr 2024
The Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF), has announced a new cash prize aimed at i…
Report warns of crisis as Europe’s generic medicines reduced
Added: 7 Apr 2024
A recently published study that Europe faces a crisis stemming from a substantial decline in the av…
UK’s status as global clinical trials hub bolstered with £18 million investment
Added: 24 Mar 2024
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Innovate UK, the Advanced Therapy Treat…
Pharma/life science survey response deals blow to Sunak’s overtures
Added: 11 Mar 2024
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s efforts to put life science investment at the heart of the UK’s econom…
Fox Foundation and bit.bio announce first Parkinson’s project
Added: 10 Mar 2024
The Michael J Fox Foundation and Cambridge synthetic biology company bit.bio have announced their f…
Radio waves offer gentler and more efficient way to alter bacteria DNA
Added: 3 Mar 2024
Radio waves have been successfully harnessed to provide a less traumatic means to alter the DNA of …
Nine in 10 life scientists surveyed don’t understand US or European AI rules
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Just 9% of life science professionals polled say they understand either EU or US laws on the use of…
Gates Foundation grant opens door to PhaSER project acceleration
Added: 25 Feb 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted Edinburgh’s PhaSER Biomedical a US$2.3 million gran…
Report underlines economic returns on public investment in science
Added: 11 Feb 2024
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council-commissioned research estimates that the org…
Aston-Warwick initiative wins key UKRI funds
Added: 11 Feb 2024
A joint team from Aston and Warwick universities and the University of Warwick have won nearly £2 m…
Anglo-Norwegian study casts light on treatment resistant bacteria
Added: 4 Feb 2024
A study comparing the UK and Norway over two decades, has concluded that antibiotic use may drive a…
EnsiliTech wins contract to develop ‘freezer-free’ global mRNA vaccine
Added: 28 Jan 2024
EnsiliTech, the University of Bath spin-out pioneering new methods of transporting medicines and fo…
Knauer mourns death of founder
Added: 28 Jan 2024
Founder of the German lab equipment manufacturer KNAUER Dr Herbert Knauer has died at the age of 92.
First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …
Cherwell joins global brand AnalytiChem Group
Added: 14 Jan 2024
Cleanroom microbiology solutions leader Cherwell Laboratories has been acquired by the German globa…
Covid blow to Turing’s first year but positives too
Added: 8 Jan 2024
Britain’s replacement to the Erasmus Programme scholarships attained less than 60% of its target nu…
Azenta’s Oxford genomics lab to open in March
Added: 21 Dec 2023
Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford as the location for its state of the art genomics lab open…
AI responsibility remains in our hands, warns Ri Christmas Lecturer
Added: 18 Dec 2023
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool for better decision making but the ‘ethical buck’ stops …
Testing giant invests millions in connected lab
Added: 18 Dec 2023
Global testing, inspection and certification services leader Element Materials Technology has commi…
