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UWS’s third venture aims for fat returns from thin films
Added: 13 Aug 2022
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is aiming to tap into the country’s reputation as a ma…
MDC and ZEISS join forces to catapult complex medicine development
Added: 13 Aug 2022
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) the not-for-profit organisation established by Innovate UK, has …
Life sciences leap forward as AlphaFold shares the ‘protein universe’
Added: 29 Jul 2022
AlphaFold, the artificial intelligence programme created by AI group Deep Mind has released its pre…
BHF awards team £30 million to develop injectable heart cure
Added: 29 Jul 2022
Research team CureHeart has won the £30 million Big Beat Challenge to develop its injectable cure f…
Time for masks not musical chairs, health secretary told
Added: 9 Jul 2022
Incoming health secretary Steve Barclay has been urged to reintroduce the wearing of facemasks and …
Lack of sustained hypertension treatment undermines health objectives
Added: 9 Jul 2022
Discontinued hypertension treatment in some of the world’s leading middle-income nations is a signi…
Multimillion pound grant aims to find MND treatment ‘in years, not decades’
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Specialists at six UK universities will share a £4.25 million grant to develop collaborative effort…
Pistoia Alliance announces first female president
Added: 25 Jun 2022
Pistoia Alliance, the global body which promotes non-competitive R&D collaboration among leading li…
Bad dreams frequency could be Parkinson’s risk indicator, suggests study
Added: 10 Jun 2022
Older adults who start to experience bad dreams might be exhibiting the earliest signs of Parkinson…
How can mental health professionals open their minds to psychosis?
Added: 27 May 2022
Effective clinical care for patients with psychosis means understanding the ‘lived experience’ of t…
Broader NHS gene testing could detect twice as many people at risk of cancer
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Currently limited by stringent guidelines, NHS genetic testing currently misses around half of thos…
World's first confocal light microscope to study chiral molecules
Added: 11 Feb 2022
Scientists from Durham University’s Chemistry Department have developed the world’s first laser sca…
Applying MATIC to harness immune cells from tumours to fight cancer
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new tool to harness immune cells from tumours …
Researchers discover how lactic acid weakens anti-tumour defences
Added: 4 Feb 2022
In cancer research, it has long been known that lactic acid, or lactate, is produced in large quant…
BIA response to conclusion of NICE methods and processes review
Added: 31 Jan 2022
BioIndustry Association expert expresses disappointment in the scope of the conclusions draw by NIC…
Blood and guts: new link uncovered between the gut microbiome and blood groups
Added: 17 Jan 2022
Researchers have been studying how the body’s mucus layer encourages the optimal balance of microbe…
Dementia cases ‘set to almost triple by 2050’
Added: 12 Jan 2022
Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, affecting around 57 million people worldw…
Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring
Added: 10 Jan 2022
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two resear…
2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…
New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …
